Nezameddin Faghih is the UNESCO Chair Professor Emeritus, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research (Springer). He has published more than 70 books and 100 research articles. 

Ebrahim Bonyadi is an applied statistician in the areas of business and economics, and is a researcher at the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Office of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran (Iran). His scholarly research focuses on factors influencing entrepreneurship, business and economic growth.
Lida Sarreshtehdari is an applied statistician focusing on entrepreneurship, with expertise in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) dataset. She is a researcher at the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Office of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran (Iran). She has published several reports on the domestic entrepreneurship since 2011.

Introduction.- Entrepreneurial Motivation.- Entrepreneurship Viability.- Entrepreneurial Capability Index.- Entrepreneurship Viability Coefficient.- Research Results.- Appendices.- References.