Economics: Nurturing Start-Ups Around the World

The O.E.C.D. looked at a composite measure reflecting the procedures, time and costs necessary to incorporate and register a new firm with up to 50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economy's per-capita gross national income. This metric found Mexico and China to be most restrictive, while Ireland and Germany to be the least. The United States is on the less-restrictive end of the spectrum.

For more, see Nurturing Start-Ups and Small Businesses Around the World, Part 2 by Catherine Rampell, June 30, 2011 at Economix.