Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2010

Entrepreneurship at a Glance is a new, recurrent publication that presents an original collection of indicators for measuring the state of entrepreneurship along with explanations of the policy context and interpretation of the data. This publication also includes special chapters that address measurement issues, and solutions, concerning entrepreneurship and its determinants. In this first issue the special topics covered are: business demography, green entrepreneurs and angel capital.



This new publication is a product of the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme, which is a long-term programme of internationally-comparable policy-relevant entrepreneurship statistics. The work involves developing standard definitions and concepts and engaging countries and international Agencies in the collection of data. An international group of statisticians and analysts provides guidance to the Programme that benefits from sponsorship by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the United States.

Table of Contents
Reader’s Guide
Part I MEASURING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Chapter 1. Entrepreneurship Indicators and Business Registers:
The Importance of International Comparability
1.1. Background
1.2. The importance of statistical business registers in achieving comparability
1.3. Developing timely indicators of entrepreneurship
Chapter 2. Measuring Green Entrepreneurship
2.1. Definitions and measures of green entrepreneurship
2.2. “Green” in the context of entrepreneurship
2.3. Concluding remarks
Annex I.A. Example of Environmental Sectors
Part II ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS
Structural Indicators on the Enterprise Population
1. Enterprises by size class
2. Employment by size class
3. Value added by size class
4. Exports by size class
Enterprise Birth, Death and Survival
5. Birth rate of employer enterprises
6. Death rate of employer enterprises
7. Churn rate of employer enterprises
8. Survival rate of employer enterprises
Employment Creation and Destruction
9. Employment creation and destruction by employer enterprise births and deaths
10. Employment creation and destruction in surviving enterprises
Enterprise Growth
11. High-growth enterprises rate
12. Gazelles rate
13. Distribution of enterprises by growth rate
Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship
14. Number of new enterprises
15. Distribution of new enterprises by industrial activity
16. Number of bankruptcies
Women Entrepreneurship
17. Entrepreneurial activity by gender
18. Obstacles to entrepreneurship by gender
Migrant Entrepreneurship
19. Share of foreign enterprise owners
Determinants of Entrepreneurship: Selected Indicators
20. Regulatory framework: Starting a business
21. Access to finance: Venture capital
22. Culture: The image of entrepreneurs
Annex II.A. Sources of Data on Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship
Annex II.B. List of Indicators of Entrepreneurial Determinants