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This chapter involves collecting and analysing data obtained by interviewing key experts covering nine framework conditions influencing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in selected African countries using the National Expert Survey (NES) questionnaire developed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and then to use the information gathered to develop a new and innovative composite index. The purpose of a composite index is to consolidate a number of inputs that describe or are related to a phenomenon into a single summary number that is easy to interpret and to use by professional developers and policy makers. This chapter discusses the development of a national entrepreneurial context composite index (NECI) which makes use of the data collected by GEM national teams for the National Expert Survey (NES). The results for six African countries, Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Madagascar and Mozambique are given, and conclusions are drawn as to what interactions are required in each country to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Dr. Abdul Ali a member of the GEM Research and Innovation Committee until 2018. Based in Babson College and member of the GEM USA team, he unexpectedly passed away in December 2018.
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Herrington, M., Coduras, A. (2022). A New and Innovative GEM Composite Index Based upon the National Expert Survey: A Survey of Selected African Countries. In: Faghih, N., Forouharfar, A. (eds) Contextual Strategic Entrepreneurship . Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86028-8_4
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