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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Program:
2001 Progress Report
| Speaker : |
Prof Paul Reynolds Professor
of Entrepreneurship at Babson College (Wellesley,
Massachusetts) and London Business School
(UK) |
| Date: |
03 December 2001
(Monday) |
| Time: |
10.30am - 12.00noon (Light refreshments
available from 10.00am to 10.30am) |
| Venue: |
Engineering
Auditorium, Block EA, Faculty of Engineering,
NUS (section B1, opposite University Cultural
Centre) |
Abstract
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2001 involved a
comparison of 29 countries that represented 30%
of the world population. The presentation will review
the differening patterns associated with those engaged
in entrepreneurial activities to pursue business
opportunities compared to those doing so out of
necessity. The relationship of these two types of
entrepreneurial activities to economic growth as
well as factors affecting entrepreneruial activity
will be reviewed. Implications for government policy
will be addressed.
About the Speaker
Paul Reynolds is a Professor of Entrepreneurship
at Babson College (Wellesley, Massachusetts) and
at the London Business School (UK). He served as
the director of the annual Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship
Research Conference for five years (1996-2000) and
served as the Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurial
Studies at Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
for five years (1990-1995). Reynolds is now coordinator
of the Entrepreneurial Research Consortium (ERC),
an international collaboration of 33 university
units, government agencies and foundations implementing
national longitudinal studies of business start-ups
in the U.S. and eight other countries. As coordinating
principal investigator of the Global Entrepreneurship
Monitor (GEM) project, he coordinated 10 national
teams for the 1999 analysis, 21 for GEM 2000, and
29 for GEM 2001 to analyze the contributions of
the entrepreneurial sector to national economic
growth. He also serves as consulting principal investigator
to the Kauffman sponsored Regional Entrepreneurial
Catalyst program, designed to establish the extent
of regional variation in entrepreneurial activity
within the U.S. and appropriate policy reactions.
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues
to attend the talk. As there are limited number
of seats available, please register for the talk
via email to
Shannen
(cetsoosk@nus.edu.sg)
with your name, designation and company/institution
(and email add if via fax),
by 30 November 2001. Please forward this invitation
to your friends and colleagues who may be interested.
Admission is free |
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