Buckling Restrained Braced Frames - SEAoT

GEM High-Expectation Entrepreneurship 2005The prevalence rates of higher-growth activity (thosenascent entrepreneurs and baby businesses who expect50 or more jobs in five years) follow similar patterns tothose described above. Figure 5 shows the prevalence of50 or higher job expectations in different world regions.Figure 6 shows the prevalence of 50 or higher jobexpectations for selected countries.Figure 5Total Entrepreneurial Activity by Growth Expectation in Different World Regions: High-Expectation Nascent andBaby Businesses which Expect 50 or More Jobs in Five YearsOverall, the participation levels in “50+ activity” areapproximately half the level of “20+ activity”. For regions,North America (USA and Canada) depicts the highestparticipation rate, with a mean participation level of 0.6%among the adult-age population. Note that the 95%confidence interval stretches from 0.5% to 0.7%. Thegroup of Anglo-Saxon countries, developing Asiancountries, and Oceania countries depicts similar levels, atapproximately 0.5%. The differences between the first fourgroups are not statistically significant. African and LatinAmerican participation rates are significantly lower thanthat of North America and Anglo-Saxon countries, atapproximately 0.3%. Europe and highly developed Asiancountries depict the lowest levels of “50+ activity”, with aEuropean participation rate of approximately 0.15%.Figure 6Total Entrepreneurial Activity by Growth Expectation in Five Countries: High-Expectation Nascent and BabyBusinesses which Expect 50 or More Jobs in Five Years% of adult-age population participating in high-expectationentrepreneurial activity (50 or more expected jobs)% of adult-age population participating in high-expectationentrepreneurial activity (50 or more expected jobs)20