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Entrepreneurship is an important driver for employment, innovation and economic growth. For a long time, governments and analysts interested in the phenomenon have faced the problem of scarcity of internationally comparable data, necessary for a thorough understanding of entrepreneurship dynamics across countries.

The OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme addresses these concerns and compiles comparable indicators of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial determinants. More...

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Start-up rates begin to show signs of slowdown in most OECD countries in 2011

14-Nov-2011

Start-ups are an important source of job creation in OECD economies. At the height of the global economic crisis, start-up rates fell precipitously in all OECD countries where data is available. In subsequent quarters, start-up rates began picking up, toward pre-crisis levels, but in recent quarters this momentum appears to have stalled. With few exceptions, start-up rates are once again beginning to show signs of a slowdown across the OECD.

Business demography statistics

Latest data on birth rates (business entries), death rates (business exits) survival rates, or High-Growth enterprises rate for most OECD countries. Indicators are broken down by industry.
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Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2011

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