Abstract:
The 2017-18 GEM Report completes its 19 years of measuring entrepreneurship-related activities. The study
had a noble mission of generating globally-comparative data of entrepreneurial activity. It helped identify factors
determining national levels of entrepreneurial activity as well as policies aimed at enhancing entrepreneurial activity.
It measures entrepreneurship through surveys and interviews of various field experts, conducted by the teams at
respective countries. The GEM survey generates a variety of relevant, primary information on different aspects of
entrepreneurship and provides harmonised measures about individuals’ attributes and their activities in different
phases of venturing (from nascent to start-up to established business and to discontinuation). The GEM Report
2017-18 covers results based on 54 economies completing the Adult Population Survey (APS) and the National
Expert Survey (NES). The report provides insights into entrepreneurial activities in India. The GEM India study was
conducted using a well-established GEM research methodology, consistent across all participating countries, thus
enabling a cross-country comparison. The APS was conducted with 4000 respondents. Questions were based on
generating information regarding the level of entrepreneurial activity in this country based on the national framework
conditions, whereas, the NES was conducted on 72 national experts. The NES in India focuses on the entrepreneurial
ecosystem, and with regard to the nine entrepreneurial framework conditions.
