Globalization and firm competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa Region /

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 b...

• Corporate Authors: Mediterranean Development Forum Cairo, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank Institute
• Other Authors: Fawzy, Samiha, ed
• Format: Conference Proceeding Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2002
• Subjects: GLOBALIZACION ECONOMICA; COMPETITIVIDAD; NEGOCIOS; SOCIEDADES COMERCIALES; AFRICA DEL NORTE; ORIENTE MEDIO; INTERNACIONALIZACION; CORPORACIONES

Table of Contents:

• 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