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2. "15-10-11" www.businessregion.se A study carried out by : Entrepreneurship ranking 2007 A study carried out by : Direction Générale Entreprise

3. ECER 2007, Survey  ECER measures the effectiveness of local initiatives according to satisfaction and importance as indicated by creators of businesses André Joyal Université Québec Trois-Rivières Canada Olivier Torres Université de Montpellier et EM Lyon France David Smallbone Kingston University President ECSB UK Nadine Levratto CNRS, ENS, OCDE France Laura Gaillard Univeristé de BOCCONI Italie Olivier Crevoisier Université de Neuchâtel Suisse Hans Crijns Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgique Scientific committee : Sampling with geographical and company profile criteria :  Initial sample of 80 000 businesses  21 cities in 11 European countries  1600 business creators interviewed between September and October 2007  Business created between 2003 and 2004  5 different types of firms : innovative, traditional - trading, services, industrial.

4. 21 cities ranked in five Questions within five fields: PROMOTION ANTE CREATION POST CREATION FINANCING ENVIRONMENT

5. 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Rang 1GOTEBORG 2STOCKHOLM 3BIRMINGHAM 4AMSTERDAM 5LONDON 6GENEVA 7BRUSSELS 8WARSAW 9BERLIN 10LYON 11LILLE 12FRANKFORT 13MUNICH 14BARCELONA 15MADRID 16PORTO 17MILAN 18MARSEILLE 19ROME 20LISBONNE 21PARIS ECER 2007 cities Overall ranking with 5 themes Classification ECER 2007 PARIS LISBONNE ROME MARSEILLE MILAN PORTO MADRID BARCELONA MUNICH FRANKFORT LILLE LYON BERLIN WARSAW BRUSSELS GENEVA LONDON AMSTERDAM BIRMINGHAM STOCKHOLM GOTEBORG 20304050607080 Overall ranking

6. Promotion Ante Creation

7. Post creationFinancingEnvironment

8. The region offers growth programs to the small and medium-sized companies (1,005 member companies are active in these growth programs). A clusterpolicy by branch has been implemented for the following industries : biotechnologies and health industry, automotive and car industries, ICT, clothing, wood and creative industries. The Universities have developed training programs dedicated to entrepreneurship and business creation the Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship the Goteborg International Bioscience Business School ECERs concluding remarks abouts Göteborgs position:

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