The 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report is the 19th consecutive global report that the GEM consortium has published as part of its worldwide research project since it was founded in 1997 by academics from Babson College and the London Business School. GEM provides a primary data based measurement and assessment tools of all forms of entrepreneurship and other socio-economic renewal derivatives, culminating in policy decisions and relevant recommendations for participating countries. The first report was launched in 1999 and included ten developed economies—eight from the OECD (Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy and the United Kingdom) as well as Japan and the United States of America. GEM brings together hundreds of researchers and policy makers from across the globe and includes more than one hundred academic and government institutions every year. The involvement of all these individuals and institutions undoubtedly makes GEM the most comprehensive and collaborative study on entrepreneurship in the world. Since its inception, GEM has conducted research in close to one hundred countries. The 2017 GEM Global Report was conducted in fifty four countries. The GEM consortium strives to fulfil its various stakeholders’ expectations.First, GEM provides the most comprehensive information available on the very complex and essential phenomenon of entrepreneurship, economic growth, and innovation. Second, GEM offers data bases that serve as the basis for academic research and academic publications worldwide