Becoming entrepreneurs, from ideas to action…
The GEM Report 2024-2025 has been published, providing valuable information to help understand and overcome difficulties
Starting a business can be an important, complex and serious decision. And one that requires commitment and will. A propensity for entrepreneurship indicates an understanding of a place, as well as its economic and social systems. Moreover, thinking of “being an entrepreneur” implies accepting the risk of production as part of the culture of production. The just published (in open access) “L’attivazione imprenditoriale in Italia. (Business startups in Italy.) GEM Report 2024-2025” edited by Alessandra Micozzi has some interesting ideas to offer on this topic.
The GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) survey, a US/UK project that originated in 1999 and now involves over 100 countries worldwide, is the primary means of studying entrepreneurial activity and guiding support and development policies for entrepreneurship.
The research shows that around half of those who say they want to start a business in Italy ultimately give up. And despite the recovery in recent years, it remains one of the countries with the lowest entrepreneurial propensity.
In addition to the data, the research suggests reasons for this and the useful measures that could be taken. The document reveals that new companies are facing increasingly significant financial issues. There is also a need for support for these companies in setting economic, environmental and social sustainability objectives. The GEM Report, however, goes further and tries to identify the underlying causes of the discrepancy noted between business intention and the actual start-up of new businesses in Italy. These underlying causes are indicated by subjective, contextual and cultural factors.
The summary pages of the survey emphasise that, in order to put the entrepreneur back at the heart of the matter, it is necessary to investigate their personal motivations, the obstacles they encounter and the expectations of those who are attempting to do the same. It is also noted that work needs to be done “on the ground to link entrepreneurship, culture and local areas.”
L’attivazione imprenditoriale in Italia. GEM Report 2024-2025
Alessandra Micozzi (edited by)
Franco Angeli, 2025
The GEM Report 2024-2025 has been published, providing valuable information to help understand and overcome difficulties
Starting a business can be an important, complex and serious decision. And one that requires commitment and will. A propensity for entrepreneurship indicates an understanding of a place, as well as its economic and social systems. Moreover, thinking of “being an entrepreneur” implies accepting the risk of production as part of the culture of production. The just published (in open access) “L’attivazione imprenditoriale in Italia. (Business startups in Italy.) GEM Report 2024-2025” edited by Alessandra Micozzi has some interesting ideas to offer on this topic.
The GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) survey, a US/UK project that originated in 1999 and now involves over 100 countries worldwide, is the primary means of studying entrepreneurial activity and guiding support and development policies for entrepreneurship.
The research shows that around half of those who say they want to start a business in Italy ultimately give up. And despite the recovery in recent years, it remains one of the countries with the lowest entrepreneurial propensity.
In addition to the data, the research suggests reasons for this and the useful measures that could be taken. The document reveals that new companies are facing increasingly significant financial issues. There is also a need for support for these companies in setting economic, environmental and social sustainability objectives. The GEM Report, however, goes further and tries to identify the underlying causes of the discrepancy noted between business intention and the actual start-up of new businesses in Italy. These underlying causes are indicated by subjective, contextual and cultural factors.
The summary pages of the survey emphasise that, in order to put the entrepreneur back at the heart of the matter, it is necessary to investigate their personal motivations, the obstacles they encounter and the expectations of those who are attempting to do the same. It is also noted that work needs to be done “on the ground to link entrepreneurship, culture and local areas.”
L’attivazione imprenditoriale in Italia. GEM Report 2024-2025
Alessandra Micozzi (edited by)
Franco Angeli, 2025