Fear of Failure Rate

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor is the world's foremost study of entrepreneurship. Through a vast, centrally coordinated, internationally executed data collection effort, GEM is able to provide high quality information, comprehensive reports and interesting stories, which greatly enhance the understanding of the entrepreneurial phenomenon - but it is more than that. It is also an ever-growing community of believers in the transformative benefits of entrepreneurship. GEM is a trusted resource on entrepreneurship for key international organisations like the United Nations, World Economic Forum, World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), providing custom datasets, special reports and expert opinion. These important bodies leverage GEM's rich data, tried-and-tested methodology and network of local experts to promote evidence-based policies towards entrepreneurship around the world.

The data collection engine powering GEM research is composed of two complementary tools - the Adult Population Survey (APS) and the National Expert Survey (NES). 1. The APS tracks the entrepreneurial attitudes, activity and aspirations of individuals. It is administered to a minimum of 2000 adults in each country. 2. The NES monitors nine factors that are believed to have a significant impact on entrepreneurship, known as the Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions (EFCs). it is administered to a minimum of 36 carefully chosen 'experts'. Data collection is centrally coordinated; GEM data experts work closely with GEM National Teams to guarantee the quality of the data. Each country's survey is subject to a range of checks before data collection begins. The resulting data is scrutinised repeatedly before release. These processes, developed over many years, ensure that GEM data is of the very highest quality. In GEM, each country is represented by a 'National Team', led by an academic or research institution, responsible for collecting the data and reporting on their findings. The project is overseen by the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA), a private limited not-for-profit company in the United Kingdom.

For use guidelines, please consult Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (http://www.gemconsortium.org/wiki/665)