The Comparison of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Methodologies

Abstract

The Comparison of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Methodologies has four aims: (1) to provide a comprehensive comparison of the GEM and GEDI approaches by using both methods side by side to analyze entrepreneurship development; (2) to offer the GEM community a useful example on how the GEM and the GEDI methodologies can be successfully combined to allow for a more in-depth country analysis of entrepreneurial performance; (3) to provide a comprehensive summary of Hungary’s entrepreneurial performance from 2006-2010; and (4) to demonstrate the policy applications of the GEDI Index.

Keywords: measuring entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial performance, entrepreneurial aspirations

JEL Classification: L26, O47, O57, F63