Total Entrepreneurial Activity for 2004 = 4.3%

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European Average TEA 5.4

Entrepreneurship in Italy

4.6% of individuals between 18 and 64 are actively working on starting a new enterprise or already running one accoridng to Fast Company Magazine.

Men are much more active in start-up enterprises than women.

Most presssing issues are financial support issues, and labor market complications.

Most of the start-ups are concerned with personal fulfillment. Therefore, there are not many start-ups in high techonology sector, most concentrated in mature markets.

Lowest level of angel investor activity except in Japan.

The population is expected to decline. Therefore, the enterpreneurship activity level is expected to decline since there will be less young people.

Italians see entrepreneurship as more like self employment compared to seeing as a growth opportunity.

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