Entrepreneurial Activity In Russia: Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring Project 2006–2016 Results

Abstract

The article studies entrepreneurial activity in Russia. In order to select the most relevant areas for analysis at the country level, an overview of current research on entrepreneurial activity is presented. It includes the analysis of opportunities and constraints of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring (GEM) project, which has a unique, annually updated database that is used to comprehensively study entrepreneurship at the national and global levels. The article analyzes the dynamics of the level of entrepreneurial activity, the aspirations of entrepreneurs, the attitude to entrepreneurship in the society, the assessment of the factors that impede and stimulate entrepreneurial activity in Russia, as well as the changes that occurred between 2006 and 2016. It gives the possibility to assess the sustainability of the main indicators of entrepreneurial activity and the main trends in entrepreneurship development.