Making Innovation Development Policies Work for MENA: The Need for Entrepreneurship

Making Innovation Development Policies Work for MENA: The Need for Entrepreneurship

Mehtap Isik
ISBN13: 9781799824480|ISBN10: 1799824489|EISBN13: 9781799824497
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2448-0.ch077
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Isik, Mehtap. "Making Innovation Development Policies Work for MENA: The Need for Entrepreneurship." Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 1733-1757. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2448-0.ch077

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Isik, M. (2020). Making Innovation Development Policies Work for MENA: The Need for Entrepreneurship. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1733-1757). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2448-0.ch077

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Isik, Mehtap. "Making Innovation Development Policies Work for MENA: The Need for Entrepreneurship." In Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1733-1757. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2448-0.ch077

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Abstract

This chapter analyzes the Middle Eastern North African economies' growth prospects and investigates the role of entrepreneurial activities in achieving sustainable economic growth and social development. It explores the existing macroeconomic, political and social characteristics of the region and brings the different literatures together to understand the policy implications of theory and practices. The chapter shows that entrepreneurial activities can cure a lot of problem in the region as long as supported by the central authorities, and the region has a strong potential to be used by the entrepreneurs.

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