TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fawzy, Samiha, ed.
ED  - Mediterranean Development Forum
ED  - United Nations Development Programme
ED  - World Bank Institute
TI  - Globalization and firm competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa Region
SN  - 0821349899
U1  - 338.6048 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - GLOBALIZACION ECONOMICA
KW  - COMPETITIVIDAD
KW  - NEGOCIOS
KW  - SOCIEDADES COMERCIALES
KW  - AFRICA DEL NORTE
KW  - ORIENTE MEDIO
KW  - INTERNACIONALIZACION
KW  - CORPORACIONES
N1  - Incluye bibliografía; 1. Overview / Samiha Fawzy -- Pt. 1: Global rules for business: 2. Challenges to firm competitiveness and opportunities for success / Dorsati Madani and John Page -- 3. Global competition and the peripheral player: a promising future / Tae̐b Hafsi -- Pt. 2: The business environment in the MENA region: 4. The regional business environment in the global context / Andrew H. Stone -- 5. Dispute resolution and firms' competitiveness in the MENA region / Jeffrey B. Nugent -- Pt. 3: Corporate governance: implications for the MENA region: 6. Corporate governance: a framework for implementation / Magdi R. Iskander and Nadereh Chamlou -- 7. Transparency between government and business / John D. Sullivan -- Pt. 4: Sectoral applications: 8. Strengthening small and medium enterprises for international competitiveness / Sanjay Lall -- 9. Support services and the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in the MENA region / Antoine Mansour -- 10. Beyond credit - a taxonomy of small and medium - size enterprises and financing methods for Arab countries / Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Nihal El-Megharbel, and Hulusi Inanoglu -- 11. The competitive position of the tourism industry in the MENA region / Sahar Tohamy
N2  - Globalization has increased competitive pressures on firms. Together with rapid technological change, it has altered the environment in which firms operate. While globalization offers unprecedented opportunities for firms to act successfully, it simultaneously heightens the risks for firms lagging behind. In an open and liberalized world, increasing firm competitiveness has become a major challenge. This book provides a thorough analysis of the competitiveness of firms in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). It is organized into four parts which detail the different issues related to firm competitiveness from global rules for business, regional business environment, corporate governance, and the key economic sectors of small/medium size enterprises, and tourism. In addition, the book also addresses key issues for the future of the region including the real challenges facing firms ' operations and efficiency, the ability of MENA firms to compete in global markets, the impact of small, and medium size enterprises on the stimulation of growth, and the economic potential of the tourism sector
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