Entrepreneurship and Well-being: Exploring the UN Sustainable Development Goals through the lenses of GEM and other indicators [Paperback]

Contributing to the targets of SDG #17, this book interrogates how the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and other indicators are (or can be) relevant for entering the global discussion on UN SDGs. By highlighting the topic of 'well-being' as a major connecting point between the SDGs,  the GEM and other surveys the book has three main purposes: firstly, it shows that GEM data can contribute significantly to the monitoring process of the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals; secondly it analyses the surveys capacity to add value to the global discussion on well-being; thirdly, the book places emphasis on the pressing need for data in order to monitor the achievement of the SDGs.

Ultimately, the book provides sound research that can serve as a basis for discussion with the UN on potential partnerships within the framework of SDG 17. The authors encourage  GEM and other researchers to ensure that their data serves as a reliable partner to the UN in building a better world, based on well-being for everyone.

1: Introduction.- 2: Well-being, UN Sustainable Development Goals and Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.- 3:  Composite indexes and their potential contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.- 4: Overview of selected studies on GEM indicators and SDGs.-  5: GEM lenses on UN SDGs.- 6: Future research challenges for GEM - increasing the relevancy to UN SDGs 2050.

Slavica Singer is Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer

University in Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Croatia.

Nataaa `arlija is a tenured Professor at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in

Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Croatia.

Miroslav Rebernik