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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

Spain Executive Report

The Rafael del Pino Foundation, in collaboration with the Xavier de Salas Foundation, the Santander International Centre for Entrepreneurship (CISE-UCEIF), the Spanish Network of Regional GEM Teams, the Santander Universities Global Division and the Nebrija Foundation, organised the presentation of the "Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Spain 2012 Executive Report" on 8 April 2013.

GEM is an observatory that analyses entrepreneurial activity on an annual basis. Its main mission is to provide data on the measurement of the rate of entrepreneurial activity in the participating nations, regions and cities, as well as a broad description of its characteristics, its relationship with economic development and a diagnosis of the state of the main institutional conditions or environment for entrepreneurship.

The GEM observatory has been providing data since 1999, having demonstrated the influence of entrepreneurship on economic development and enriched the academic field with a multitude of articles and scientific papers published in indexed journals. Since its creation, there is no doubt that we can speak of a before and after in its implementation, given that the figure of the entrepreneur and his or her study and dissemination have experienced an unprecedented boost. The institutions and agents related to entrepreneurship in all the participating countries and regions have had access to quality information and indicators that have made it possible to advance in the field of support for business creation in a way that had not been done before. The time series and comparisons between different types of economies and cultural backgrounds are also of great value for understanding and learning about the mechanisms that articulate entrepreneurship.

On 28 May 2013, the President of the Foundation of the University of Cantabria for the Study and Research of the Financial Sector (UCEIF), José Carlos Gómez Sal, and the Director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, Amadeo Petitbò Juan, signed a three-year collaboration agreement to support the GEM Spain Project and thus strengthen the Spanish Network of Regional GEM Teams.

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is not responsible for the comments, opinions or statements made by the people who participate in its activities and which are expressed as a result of their inalienable right to freedom of expression and under their sole responsibility. The contents included in the summary of this conference, written for the Rafael del Pino Foundation by Professor Emilio González, are the result of the debates held at the meeting held for this purpose at the Foundation and are the responsibility of the authors.

The Rafael del Pino Foundation is not responsible for any comments, opinions or statements made by third parties. In this respect, the FRP is not obliged to monitor the views expressed by such third parties who participate in its activities and which are expressed as a result of their inalienable right to freedom of expression and under their own responsibility. The contents included in the summary of this conference, written for the Rafael del Pino Foundation by Professor Emilio J. González, are the result of the discussions that took place during the conference organised for this purpose at the Foundation and are the sole responsibility of its authors.

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