10 years of Entrepreneurship policy in the European Union

Anders N. Hoffmann, Ph.D.Director of Enterpreneurship and Innovation

Denial

Envy

Embrace

Neglect

Some countries got it right

EntrepreneurialPerformanceDeterminants Impacts

What do we want to achieve?

Create jobs

Stimulate economic growth

Alleviate poverty alleviation/ improve social inclusion

Impacts

What is our dashboard?

Firms (number of new firms)

Employment (number of employment gazelles)

Monetary return (number of turnover gazelles)

EntrepreneurialPerformance

The rightpeople

Money

A great idea

Incentives

Culture

What creates an entrepreneurial firm?

Determinants

What should be the goal of the EU?:

“Es ist nicht genug zu wissen, man muss es auch anwenden; es ist nicht genug zu wollen, man

muss es auch tun”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832