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GEN POLICY & RESEARCH

Cristina A. FernandezVice President for Research & Policy, GEN Global

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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

NETWORK

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Collaborating in Entrepreneurship Research• Aligns research agendas and methodologies

• Links research with practices in entrepreneurship

• Parameters of excellence: practice is improved by structured inquiry

• Some practices thought to be effective are called into question

• Some research results reinforce intuition & perceptions regarding accumulated experience.

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Research Collaboration• Accelerator performance: Argidius Foundation, Emory University, Kauffman Foundation,

Omidyar Network, USAID Global Development Lab

• Connections within ecosystems: Endeavor Insight, Nesta, MaRS, World Bank

• Entrepreneurial mindset: Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, Ciputra Foundation, Korea

Entrepreneurship Foundation

• Government data infrastructure: Kauffman Foundation, UNCTAD, OECD

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ABOUT GEC JOHANNESBURG: MARCH 2017

POLICY FACILITATION & ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY

Tools & Resources

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Policy facilitation

• Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI): 138 nations

• Measures the health of national entrepreneurship ecosystems.

• Analyzes data on individual factors (attitudes, abilities and aspirations) and

then weights these against the institutional factors.

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Startup Genome

• Global Startup Ecosystem Report

• 30+ cities

• Ecosystem Lifecycle Model

• Focus scarce government resources: right policy at the right time

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LEVERAGE THE GECPARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Bill Aulet of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, speaker at GEC Medellin in 2016

STARTUP NATIONSA platform for policymakers

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Startup Nations• Atlas of Policies (SNAP)

• New policy tool ideas• Policies & programs at different implementation levels• Ongoing update of impact, results, implementation stage

• Startup Nations Awards

• Startup Nations Summit (SNS)

• Ministerial: new frontiers

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Thank you

cristina@genglobal.org

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