Employment
SUMMARIESavailable in 26 languages
| English | Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2017 (Summary in English) | |
| French | Panorama de l'entrepreneuriat 2017 | |
| Spanish | Panorama del Emprendimiento 2017 | |
| German | Unternehmerische Tätigkeit auf einen Blick 2017 | |
| Japanese | 図表でみる起業活動2017年版 | |
| Italian | Uno sguardo sull’imprenditoria 2017 | |
| Chinese | 2017年创业概览 | |
| Czech | Letmý pohled na podnikání v roce 2017 | |
| Danish | Iværksætteri i hovedtræk 2017 | |
| Dutch | Ondernemerschap in een oogopslag 2017 | |
| Estonian | Ettevõtlus lähivaates 2017 | |
| Finnish | Yrittäjyyskatsaus 2017 | |
| Greek | Η επιχειρηματικότητα με μια ματιά 2017 | |
| Hebrew | מבט על יזמות 2017 | |
| Hungarian | Vállalkozási körkép 2017 | |
| Icelandic | Frumkvöðlastarf í hnotskurn 2017 | |
| Korean | 2017년 기업부문 개요 | |
| Latvian | Uzņēmējdarbības apskats 2017 | |
| Norwegian | Et blikk på entreprenørskap – 2017 | |
| Polish | Przedsiębiorczość w zarysie 2017 | |
| Portuguese | Panorama do Empreendedorismo 2017 | |
| Russian | Панорама предпринимательства 2017 | |
| Slovak | Prehľad o podnikaní 2017 | |
| Slovene | Pogled na podjetništvo 2017 | |
| Swedish | Översikt över företagandet 2017 | |
| Turkish | 2017 Tek Bakışta Girişimcilik |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Foreword | |||||||||||
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| Reader's guide | |||||||||||
| Recent developments in entrepreneurship | |||||||||||
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Structure and performance of the enterprise population5 chapters available
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Productivity by enterprise size3 chapters available
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Business dynamics and job creation5 chapters available
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SMEs and international trade4 chapters available
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Female entrepreneurship3 chapters available
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Venture capital3 chapters available
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Annexes3 chapters available
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highlights
- OECD data show pick-up in entrepreneurial activity (news release)
Digitalisation, international trade and smes
Online tools and platforms provide new opportunities for micro-enterprises to be involved in international trade. Businesses that trade internationally appear to be more confident in the current state of their businesses and also more likely to have positive prospects of job creation. This is also true for “just-me” entrepreneurs who participate in international trade.
Digital presence, international trade, business confidence and job creation prospects
Percentage of positive replies among survey respondents, May 2016-May 2017
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Services, perfect habitat for gazelles
In all countries where recent data are available, the share of gazelles – young high-growth enterprises – is the highest in the services sector, especially in security and investigation, computer programming and employment activities (i.e. temporary employment agencies.
Share of gazelles (more than 20% employment growth over a period of three years)
Percentage of all enterprises with 10 or more employees, by sector, 2014, or latest available year
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GET REAL-TIME DATA
Entrepreneurship at a Glance is based on the OECD Structural Business Statistics, the OECD Business Demography Indicators and the Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship databases.They contain more and longer time series than presented in the publication.
CONTACT
For further information, please contact the Statistics Directorate at stat.contact@oecd.org.