Title: Tri-nations entrepreneurial scorecard

Authors: Alex Maritz

Addresses: School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Unitec New Zealand, Private Bag 92025, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract: Total entry-level entrepreneurial activity (TEA) for Australia and New Zealand are amongst the highest in the OECD countries, whilst South Africa has one of the lowest TEA rates of the 28 participants in the global entrepreneurship monitor 2004 (hereinafter referred to as GEM). This paper evaluates the differences in TEA amongst these three countries and highlights reasons for the differences. The findings are in turn linked to economic activity, together with the relationship between unemployment and social expenditure.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; necessity entrepreneurs; opportunity entrepreneurs; total entrepreneurial activity; tri-nations; Australia; New Zealand; South Africa; unemployment; social expenditure; economic activity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2004.005652

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2004 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.230 - 237

Published online: 10 Nov 2004 *

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