The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research programme was initiated to explore and assess the role of entrepreneurship in national economic growth. South Africa joined the GEM project in 2001, and has participated in all subsequent studies.
Entrepreneurial activity is considered to be an important mechanism for economic development through job creation, innovation and its welfare effect, which has led to a growing policy interest in entrepreneurship at a national level.
Tracking Entrepreneurship in South Africa: a GEM Perspective hopes to take the reader on a journey through the key insights and findings of GEM teams from 2001 to 2009. It is hoped that this book will continue to stimulate debate about the importance of entrepreneurship in South Africa, as well as to focus policy-makers’ attention on key areas that require attention if entrepreneurship is to be allowed to flourish in South Africa.
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