The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a global study conducted by a consortium of universities. Started in 1999, it aims to analyze the level of entrepreneurship occurring in a wide basket of countries (were 59 in 2010's Report [1])
It measures entrepreneurship through both surveys and interviews to field experts, conducted by the teams of each country. This report has achieved a significant role in the scientific research about Entrepreneurship, for it is a wide and diachronic source of data.
The main indicator used is called TEA (Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity), which assess the percent of working age population both about to start an entrepreneurial activity, and that have started one from a maximum of 3 years and half.[2]
A later part regards the link between cultural bounds and entrepreneurship.