Selv om BNP-tallene ikke fortæller den fulde historie, har Danmark været relativt langsom til at komme over finanskrisen, konstaterer EU-kommissionen i sin landerapport for Danmark. For det længere sigt anfører kommissionen blandt andet, at vi har et problem med at skabe nye virksomheder:
”Danish start-ups are characterised by low start-up size, low start-up ratios and low net job creation. Denmark has one of the smallest average company sizes at entry, and significantly lower than in many other Member States. Start-up ratios and net job creation in Denmark continue to be low. For instance, the net job creation by entrants that survive at least three years represents around 2.5 % of overall employment, lower than in other Member States. Scaling-up is a challenge, because new businesses do not have the capacity or the incentives to grow.”
