ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY: FRANCE IS CATCHING UP
Coordinated by Dr. Frank Lasch and Dr. Karim Messeghem, this study is based on 3791 interviews with people in the working population and 50 interviews with experts in the French entrepreneurial ecosystem to provide a detailed analysis of entrepreneurial activity and behaviours in France. At the start of the GEM in 1999, France had one of the lowest rates of entrepreneurial activity, but the French rate is now equal to the average rate of the G7 countries.
“The entrepreneurial community is growing. This is due to the public policies, the financial support, and the promotion of entrepreneurship in the media and and in higher education” explains Dr. Frank Lasch.
” The report has helped to dismantle misconceptions such as the administrative and fiscal complexity, which is not perceived as being stronger in France than in other countries. Another big gap in terms of perception is the visibility given to entrepreneurship in the media, which mostly promotes innovation such as in the French Tech but ignores the media coverage of everyday companies and micro-firms,” said the MBS researcher and professor.
STARTING A NEW BUSINESS IS NOW CONSIDERED AS A GOOD CAREER CHOICE
The new national report was able to highlight the fact that 68.5% of French people consider entrepreneurship as a good career choice, a result that is significantly higher than the G7 average (58.5%).
“Even if there is still a large gap between considering starting a new business and really creating a new business, this result is very encouraging for the new generations who now consider business creation as one of the possible career choices after graduation. It is now up to the higher education institutions to develop the necessary tools to make this entrepreneurial desire a reality. At MBS, this support is provided by the Entrepreneurship Center and its incubator, by the certificate in Social and Solidarity Entrepreneurship, or by the development of research and training projects open to all and coordinated by the Social Entrepreneurship and Inclusion Chair,” explains Dr. Walid Nakara, Professor and Researcher holding the Chair.
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