scholarly journals Entrepreneurship in SMEs through business incubators in the Arab world (case study of UAE)

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
Emhamad Hamad ◽  
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Leslie Arthur ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Business Incubators

Research on operating efficiency of incubators based on DEA: A case study of China’s yangtze river economic belt

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wang Lijun ◽  
Pang Yaqian ◽  
Chen Mengdong
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Input Sharing

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to measure the comprehensive efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency of science and technology business incubators in 11 provinces and cities of the Yangtze River economic belt from 2011 to 2017, and the situation of incubators in the Yangtze River economic belt was analyzed from the overall, horizontal and vertical perspectives. Results show that the overall operation efficiency of science and technology business incubators in the Yangtze River economic belt is relatively high, but it shows a downward trend in the sample period, and it is found that the development of science and technology business incubators in the Yangtze River economic belt is unbalanced, there are regional differences, and some provinces and cities have serious redundancy of incubator personnel and incubation funds. On this basis, some suggestions are put forward, such as reducing the number of managers and tutors, adjusting the dominant position of government investment in science and technology business incubators, and creating resource input sharing enterprise output circulation chain.

Repression of Islamists and Authoritarian Survival in the Arab World: A Case Study of Egypt

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Lachapelle
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
State Repression ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
Authoritarian Survival

This chapter explores the causes of state repression against Islamist organizations in the Arab world. Advancing a rich literature on state repression, authoritarianism, and Islamist politics, it proposes a new approach that centers on the role of non-Islamist audiences for explaining the repression of Islamists. Specifically, the chapter argues that when society is divided between non-Islamists and Islamists, an autocrat can repress Islamists to signal a commitment to non-Islamists to protect them from perceived threats by Islamists. It provides supporting evidence from Egypt, which shows how large-scale repression directed at the Muslim Brotherhood after the coup of 2013 served to cultivate the support of non-Islamists.

Narrative Account of the Arab Spring: Translations of Aljazeera and RT of the Egyptian and Syrian Uprisings as Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 819
Author(s):  
Haitham A. Aldreabi
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Reality Construction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Arab Spring

the events of the Arab Spring attracted the attention of many scholars from various disciplines. However, the general trend of existing literature seems to ignore the different cultural representations within the Arab world leading for assumptions that the uprisings share similar outcomes and/or motivations. This article attempts to deconstruct the terms Arab Spring and Arab world through shedding light on two of the most influential uprisings that brought about social, economic, and political changes. To do so, it combines CDA and narrative theory to address the subject of the thematic nature of the subsequent media messages during the Egyptian and Syrian uprisings to investigate the process of meaning-making and the role of language in social reality construction. The purpose is to motivate researchers to address the largely ignored issue of the different representations in media and narratives.

Business incubators in the Arab World

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emhamad Elmansori
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Business Incubation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Services Innovation ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the economic conditions and business strategy in the Arab countries are favourable for business incubation, and to suggest possible directions for establishing and implementing more business incubation in the Arab countries. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopts quantitative strategy and uses a snowball approach for the distribution of designed questionnaire to the incubation units in Jordan and the UAE. Findings – The findings of the research contribute to the literature of business support services, innovation and entrepreneurship development, which enhances the knowledge and skills within the incubation units. Practical implications – The implementation and development of business incubators (BIs) is a key requirement for the high technology industry. As developing countries, Arab countries have to make efforts to accelerate the birth and growth of incubators, aim of catching up with technologically more advanced countries. Originality/value – The study ensures the acceleration of successful development of young entrepreneurs and their businesses in the Arab countries through the establishment and implementation directives for BIs.

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