Planet Entrepreneurship

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Take some time to view data on new business creation around the world. The measures of entrepreneurial activity are calculated from data collected directly from a registrar of companies and based on the number of total and newly registered corporations. Be sure to click on the color markers to learn more about each country.

Also, take alook at The 2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey (WBGES) which measures entrepreneurial activity in over 100 countries/industrial countries around the world over the period of 2000-2007 and illustrates that entrepreneurship leads to prosperity for economies.

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