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GEM Germany Country Report 2021/22 has been launched

GEM Germany Country Report 2021/22 has been launched

© RKW, 2022

Entrepreneurship in Germany and 46 other countries in 2021 ise the subject of the new country report Gerrmany of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the world''s largest entrepreneurship research consortium, which was presented to the public on 27 May. The team of authors led by Prof. Rolf Sternberg with entrepreneurship researchers from the Economic Geography Department of our Institute and the RKW in Eschborn describes in detail Germany''s comparative strengths and weaknesses in entrepreneurship activities and attitudes as well as entrepreneurial framework conditions, based on statistically representative surveys of German households (n=3,797) as well as information from selected entrepreneurship experts (n=74).

To the current GEM country report on Germany

The business magazine "WirtschaftsWoche" has published three articles on the key findings of the new GEM country report, online and/or in its print edition of 27 and 28 May 2022 respectively:

  • "Young people start up to make the world a better place" Online from 28 May 2022.
    Interview with Prof. Rolf Sternberg, head of the German GEM team, on the occasion of the publication of the GEM country report Germany 2021/2022.
  • "The pandemic as a business opportunity" Online from 27.05.2022
    The article summarises part of the core findings of the GEM country report Germany 2021/2022, underpinned with quotes from Prof. Rolf Sternberg, head of the German GEM team.
  • "Only in 31st place for own initiative" Print edition 22 of 27.05.2022
    This article summarises some of the key findings of the GEM country report Germany 2021/2022, underpinned with quotes from Prof. Rolf Sternberg, the head of the German GEM team.

The PDFs of these three reports are available (for personal use only) from Prof. Rolf Sternberg by mail.