U.S. entrepreneurs are in a league of their own when it comes to building innovative businesses that keep the economy dynamic and productive, according to the seventh annual U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).   More than in any other nation, U.S. entrepreneurs are motivated by opportunities in what GEM researchers call 'high-potential entrepreneurship' — fast growing, new ventures involved in the latest technologies and knowledge-transfer businesses. Nine out of ten U.S. entrepreneurs are “opportunity entrepreneurs”; only one in ten U.S. entrepreneurs start a new business out of necessity, where there are no better choices for work.  More on GEM>>>

GEM is directed by Babson College and London Business School.