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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Middle East: An Analysis for Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and UAE

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Middle East: An Analysis for Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and UAE

Juan Luis Santos, Tomás Mancha Navarro, Jagoda Anna Kaszowska
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522519232|ISBN10: 1522519238|EISBN13: 9781522519249
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch071
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Santos, Juan Luis, et al. "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Middle East: An Analysis for Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and UAE." Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1666-1687. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch071

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Santos, J. L., Navarro, T. M., & Kaszowska, J. A. (2017). Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Middle East: An Analysis for Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and UAE. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1666-1687). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch071

Chicago

Santos, Juan Luis, Tomás Mancha Navarro, and Jagoda Anna Kaszowska. "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Middle East: An Analysis for Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and UAE." In Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1666-1687. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch071

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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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