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- Title
- Westpac GEM Australia: a study of Australian entrepreneurship in 2003
- Author(s)
- Hindle, Kevin; Rushworth, Susan
- Abstract
- In 2003, entrepreneurial activity in Australia recovered substantially from the significant drop witnessed in 2002, though not to the previous peak of 2001. The majority of GEM participant countries experienced a mild decline. The USA and the UK, however, both saw upturns in their entrepreneurial activity. A new measure – firm entrepreneurial activity (FEA) – was developed in 2003. This measured the extent to which established, but still privately owned, businesses engaged in entrepreneurial activity, as measured by market expansion and job creation. Australia’s ranking was middling, just below the median...[Executive summary].
- Publication type
- Book
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship
- Publication year
- 2004
- Keyword(s)
- Australia; Entrepreneurship; Venture capital
- Publisher
- Swinburne University of Technology
- ISSN
- 1448-7128 (Print)
- ISBN
- 0855900601
- Publisher URL
- http://www.gemconsortium.org/document.aspx?id=439
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2004 Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne.
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