Putting the Young in Business [electronic resource]: Policy Challenges for Youth Entrepreneurship /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2001.
This book sets out a potential response to two major challenges facing OECD countries: the "youth problem", or the need to ensure that young people can play a full role in society, and the need to foster entrepreneurship for job creation, innovation and economic adaptability. The "new economy" will be built on a culture of entrepreneurship and this must include youth as well as adults. In publishing this book, the OECD therefore wishes to stimulate policy debate on the factors that encourage youth entrepreneurship, the obstacles that stand in its way and the policy measures that can support it. A picture is painted of youth entrepreneurship programmes operating at national, regional and local levels across the OECD in a wide variety of settings and with various different approaches and delivery mechanisms. The result is the first international review of "best practices" in this new and emerging area. Examples are given of programmes for education and training, help with capital, ideas and operational matters, counselling and mentoring, networking and intergenerational transfers of businesses. The range of players and activities involved are set out and suggestions are made for where gaps might be filled. The main message is that young people can indeed found new businesses and succeed, but new policies will be needed if they are to be fully encouraged.
Description based upon print version of record.
""The state of entrepreneurship and attitudes towards it in the OECD area""""The setting""; ""Table 2.  A numerical survey of self-employment in the OECD area, 1970 and 1996""; ""A deeper look""; ""Table 3.  Self-employment in Italy, 1980-1996, with some international comparisons""; ""Table 4.  Civil employment in Italy by professional status, 1980 and 1995""; ""Table 5.  Youth and self-employment in Australia, 1995""; ""Attitudes""; ""Table 6.  Some survey results on workplace preferences, 1989""; ""Table 7.  Job satisfaction""; ""Concluding remarks""
""Chapter 2. Emerging Programme Approaches to Youth Entrepreneurship""""Introduction""; ""Figure 3.  Programmes to promote youth entrepreneurship: a schematic presentation""; ""Some comparative country surveys""; ""Italy""; ""Table 8. Italian Government financial support for programmes related to labour market policies, 1998""; ""France""; ""Box 1.  Highlights of new measures to promote enterprise creation in France...""; ""The United States""; ""The United Kingdom""; ""Canada""; ""Australia""; ""Some other â€œbest practiceâ€? examples""; ""International youth-business networks""
""Chapter 3. Education, Training and Youth Entrepreneurship: an Analysis""""Introduction""; ""Two definitions""; ""Teaching teachers""; ""Teaching entrepreneurship in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions""; ""Training""; ""Chapter 4. Conclusions and Some Policy Suggestions""; ""The principal conclusions""; ""Some policy suggestions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""
This book sets out a potential response to two major challenges facing OECD countries: the "youth problem", or the need to ensure that young people can play a full role in society, and the need to foster entrepreneurship for job creation, innovation and economic adaptability. The "new economy" will be built on a culture of entrepreneurship and this must include youth as well as adults. In publishing this book, the OECD therefore wishes to stimulate policy debate on the factors that encourage youth entrepreneurship, the obstacles that stand in its way and the policy measures that can support it. A picture is painted of youth entrepreneurship programmes operating at national, regional and local levels across the OECD in a wide variety of settings and with various different approaches and delivery mechanisms. The result is the first international review of "best practices" in this new and emerging area. Examples are given of programmes for education and training, help with capital, ideas and operational matters, counselling and mentoring, networking and intergenerational transfers of businesses. The range of players and activities involved are set out and suggestions are made for where gaps might be filled. The main message is that young people can indeed found new businesses and succeed, but new policies will be needed if they are to be fully encouraged.
Young adult-owned business enterprises.
Youth
Youth Entrepreneurship