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What is Innovative Entrepreneur

Chapter 16
Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary Knowledge-Based Global Economy
Individual who has the ability to undertake to create innovative products according to the changing demands of the market.
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Middle East: An Analysis for Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and UAE
Juan Luis Santos (University of Alcala, Spain), Tomás Mancha Navarro (University of Alcala, Spain), and Jagoda Anna Kaszowska (Cracow University of Economics, Poland)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8798-1.ch016
Abstract
In this chapter it is analyzed the importance of innovation in services and industry in the entrepreneurial and business activity in five countries that represent a 65 percent of the population of the Middle East. The characteristics of the owners of firms in are studied according to the Standard Industrial Classification. The differences between services and industries with respect to innovation are highlighted. Then the determinants of innovation are determined in this set of countries during the period 2001-2008 and the role of individual characteristics such as gender, age, skills and perception of business owners' status are studied. The most important factors for innovation in services sector and the ones of manufacturing are compared.
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