Publication: Starting Up Romania: Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Diagnostic
Date
2022
ISSN
Published
2022
Author(s)
Kapil, Natasha
Astudillo Estevez, Pablo Andres
Haley, Christopher
Lu, Zoe Cordelia
Can, Arslan,
Abstract
The report is organized in four
chapters that together provide a comprehensive assessment of
entrepreneurship and startup performance in Romania. Chapter
one examines the context of entrepreneurship in Romania
through a cross-country comparison that covers key outcomes
and structural pillars of the ecosystem. The analysis
exploits both firm-level data and cross-country indicators.
Chapter two spotlights the potential of subnational
entrepreneurship ecosystems, with a focus on tech startups
and high-potential startups. This chapter identifies
potential subnational ecosystems and sheds light on the
characteristics of average tech startups in Romania, and
their similarities to and differences from high-potential
startups from Romania. It also includes a connectedness
analysis, which helps us understand the relationships
between entities in the ecosystem and the regional
interdependencies. Chapter three examines the
characteristics of public programs and private ecosystem
enablers supporting entrepreneurship in Romania. Chapter
four presents the policy recommendations stemming from the
analysis within the report and juxtaposes them with policy
priorities identified by ecosystem stakeholders.
This report is complemented by the separate report "Scaling Up Romania: A Policymaker's Toolkit" that outlines stakeholder- and diagnostic-driven policy recommendations for Romania’s National Startup Ecosystem Strategy.
See link below.
Citation
“Cruz, Marcio; Kapil, Natasha; Astudillo Estevez, Pablo Andres; Haley, Christopher; Lu, Zoe Cordelia; Can, Arslan,. 2022. Starting Up Romania: Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Diagnostic. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37564 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”