GEN Research drives knowledge creation, helping translate entrepreneurship research into relevant and useful evidence-based policies and programs. Run by the Global Entrepreneurship Network and backed by a community of economists, institutions and experts, GEN Research identifies actionable insights for developing more robust, sustainable and equitable startup ecosystems and helping entrepreneurial support organizations increase their impact.
GEN Research focuses on the factors that fuel ecosystem performance and enhance the impact of entrepreneurship support organizations through more efficient data collection and analysis. Findings are shared through outputs such as:
- GEN Atlas:
A knowledge portal providing details about policies and programs proven to remove barriers to entrepreneurship and increase rates of new firm formation, including among marginalized communities and non-traditional ecosystems. - Joint Research Forums:
Discussions and events among the leading institutions in the field to drive collaboration around data and analysis. - Reports:
GEN co-publishes research reports with its partners including:- Global Startup Ecosystem Report: a widely-read study on city-level startup ecosystems published with Startup Genome that ranks the world’s top 140 ecosystems and assesses their strengths and weaknesses.
- Index of Dynamic Entrepreneurship: a national-level study published with PRODEM that provides a view of the social, economic, cultural, political and regulatory conditions affecting the creation of new firms in more than 60 countries
GEN Research is informed by knowledge partners and advisors including the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, World Bank Group, OECD, Startup Genome and PRODEM.
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates programs, like GEN Research, that make it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a company. By fostering deeper cross-border collaboration between founders, investors, policymakers, ecosystem builders and others, GEN fuels healthier and more efficient local and national entrepreneurship ecosystems. Network members collaborate to democratize opportunity, drive economic mobility, create new jobs and grow economies while developing the conditions for entrepreneurs to solve the world’s toughest challenges.