Entrepreneurship is playing an increasingly important role in the
political agenda. Thisphenomenonis dueto theincreasingin?uenceofpolitics
ontheentrepreneurial promotion of growth and employment objectives. This
results in the need to satisfy the new demand for statistical
information in two ways. On the one hand, quanti- tive information
-stock and ?ow analysis, on the other hand, qualitative information
-which tries to assess the ability to create wealth and employment and
to innovate and export, among others. Consequently, searching a
systematic set of indicators that allows us to understand the basic
entrepreneurshipdimensions in order to di- nose, forecast,
andmonitorentrepreneurialnetworks, is crucial forboththe research agenda
and the political action agenda. However, the lack of this kind of
statistical information is clear if we review some statistical
subsystems on entrepreneurship on a comparison basis. The few essays on
the subject are still in an initial stage. The reference theoretical
framework to set the key dimensions to be analysed is to be established
yet. The search for indicators and even the articulation of speci?c
statistics have become crucial in order to make progressin the applied
research, and to design, implement, and assess the different
measurements of public intervention on this subject. Thus, the
developmentof a set of indicatorsthat allow us to satisf- torily capture
the different dimensions of the entrepreneurial network for a speci?c
sector or territory becomes a basic element to assist progress in
entrepreneurship knowledge.
