Since 2002, Republic of Croatia is a part of large international research project for monitoring and developing indicators for measuring entrepreneurial activity, which is led by a consortium of national teams under the leadership of London Business School from London and Babson College from Boston.
Last year, GEM project has gathered some 30 international research teams. It is expected that around 40 national research teams will participate in the project this year.
Each year, GEM project publishes the indicators of total entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial environment, in the form of a global results report (for all the involved countries), and individual reports of each country involved in the project.
Croatia's involvement in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project is financed by the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and the Open Society Institute - Croatia.
More information at: www.gemhrvatska.org
CEPOR has started preparations for publishing the annual report on the small and medium-sized enterprises sector.
In preparation of this report, we are using the experiences of countries that have been doing this for years, like Netherlands, USA, and Hungary.
The purpose of the report is to present an impartial overview of the state of the SME sector, which will be of use to the Government, ministries, chambers, entrepreneurs, banks, trade unions, and others interested in the sector.
In 2006 CEPOR starts with regular monitoring of the business optimism through the C-Index. This research shows the level of optimism of owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in relation to the same period of the previous year, as well as the expectations for the next period. C-Index is shown quarterly at the level of groups of counties/regions in Croatia.
C-Index is a composite indicator that provides a review of the following elements: