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The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) held its 26th–28th Annual Meeting in Monterrey, Mexico, hosted by Tecnológico de Monterrey in collaboration with the Instituto de Emprendimiento Eugenio Garza Lagüera. During the meeting, Mahsa Samsami made significant contributions, including:

• Organizer in Research Seminar, Collaboration between Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and GSDC Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division on a developmental workshop, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, February 2026.

• Moderator research seminar in “Using GEM data to address global theoretical and practical questions in entrepreneurship research“

• Moderator AOM-GEM Paper Development Workshop

• Co-teaching at training workshop “Immigration-related GEM data analysis” in the GEM Annual Global Meeting, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, February 2026

• Panellist in session “GEM 2025/26 Global Report Launch, The 2025/26 GEM Global Report: From Uncertainty to Opportunity”, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, February 2026. She is also co-author The 2025/26 GEM Global Report: From Uncertainty to Opportunity

• Presenter and Moderator in “GEM 2024/25 Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Report”, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, February 2026.

• Panellist in event “bi-monthly-Venture Café, which is a franchise of an organization based in Boston”, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, February 2026.

• Presenter in “Global Policy Impact Case Studies: Interactive poster session with GEM National Teams”, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, February 2026.

2026-04-20

our colleague Mahsa Samsami is a co-author of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2025/2026 Global Report: From Uncertainty to Opportunity, a flagship publication that provides comprehensive insights into global entrepreneurial activity and emerging trends. The report emphasizes that entrepreneurial activity remains robust worldwide, but underlying structural issues threaten long-term sustainability.

The newly released GEM 2025/2026 Global Report, launched today at Tecnológico de Monterrey in collaboration with GEM Mexico and the Instituto de Emprendimiento Eugenio Garza Lagüera, finds that entrepreneurial activity remains strong across the globe — but structural weaknesses threaten long-term sustainability.

Drawing on data from 53 participating economies, representing approximately 43% of the global population and 57% of global GDP (World Bank, 2025), the report shows that startup rates are at record levels in many regions.

However, the findings highlight two growing divides: a widening “Survival Gap”, where too few startups transition into established firms, and an expanding “AI Readiness Gap”, separating entrepreneurs with access to artificial intelligence from those without.

AUTHORS GEM GLOBAL Professor Stephen Hill, DSc (Lead Author) Aileen Ionescu-Somers, PhD, GEM Executive Director Professor Alicia Coduras, PhD Mahsa Samsami, PhD, Chemnitz University of Technology

GEM AUSTRIA Professor Christian Friedl, PhD, FH Joanneum, University of Applied Sciences

GEM ISRAEL Professor Emeritus Ehud Menipaz, P.Eng, Ben Gurion University

GEM MOROCCO Professor Fatima Boutaleb, PhD, Hassan II University of Casablanca

GEM POLAND Professor Przemysław Zbierowski, PhD, University of Economics in Katowice

GEM SOUTH AFRICA Professor Natanya Meyer, PhD, University of Johannesburg

GEM SWITZERLAND Professor Maya Dougoud, PhD, School of Management Fribourg

GEM UK Professor Sreevas Sahasranamam, PhD, University of Glasgow

GEM USA Professor Jeffrey Shay, PhD, Babson College

2026-04-20

Das Working Paper "The ‘Neoliberal University’: A Problematizing Review" von unserem Kollegen Christian Huber wurde im Rahmen der 85. VHB Tagung präsentiert.

2026-03-20

The study "Seizing the Day: How the Global Financial Crisis Shaped National Entrepreneurial Ecosystems" by our colleague Mahsa Samsami, and [Richard Sebaggala, Uganda Christian University, Makerere University, and University of Agder, Norway(https://ucu.ac.ug/to-whom-much-is-given-so-much-is-expected-my-phd-journey-and-a-call-to-fellow-scholars/) has been published in Management Revue (MRev) AMJ ranked 2

2025-12-31

19th of November 2025, our colleague Mahsa Samsami will join a panel discussion as GEM launches the new GEM Women’s Entrepreneurship Report. Today's speaker will be:

• Dr. Amanda Elam (Babson College) and Mahsa Samsami, main report authors, also this year
• Dr. Shakenna K. Williams, Executive Director, Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College
• Dr. Florian Täube, GEM Germany
• Dr. Mahsa Samsami, GEM Global and GEM South Africa
• Expert panelists from GEM National Teams and partner organisations

GEM Executive Director Aileen Ionescu-Somers will moderate this engaging discussion on key takeaways and what policymakers can do to sustain momentum for women entrepreneurs while tackling persistent barriers.

2025-11-19

(https://www.emerald.com/ccsm/article/doi/10.1108/CCSM-09-2023-0178/1312586/Immigrant-entrepreneurs-dual-embeddedness-in-home)" by our colleague Mahsa Samsami, and Thomas Schott University of Southern Denmark, SDU has been published in Cross Cultural & Strategic Management AMJ ranked 2

2025-11-19