In 2020, a year like no other in the 22 years of our existence, our dedicated network of GEM National Teams comprising hundreds of passionate entrepreneurship scholars and our expert GEM Global coordination team, worked hard to assure continuity of our research. We warmly thank everyone involved in this effort and also the plethora of sponsors that support our activities — with particular appreciation to our Global Sponsor Babson College. We warmly thank the School of Management Fribourg, University of Applied Sciences & Arts Western Switzerland, our GEM Switzerland 

team, and in particular Professor Rico Baldegger, PhD, for the generous additional sponsorship support of the 2020/21 Global Report and engagement to GEM, particularly during this immensely challenging period for all university institutions worldwide. 

We also thank the GEM Research & Innovation Project (GRIPs) teams and finally 

the GEM/Global Entrepreneurship Research Association Board. Given these most challenging of times for universities, business schools and research institutions, 

your contributions are all the more valued.