SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete!
The Middle East North Arica (MENA) region faces no greater challenge than employment generation. An expanding literature on 'gazelles' suggests that a small percentage of fast-growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) generate the major...
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okr-10986-108672021-04-23T14:02:52Z SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! Stone, Andrew Badawy, Lina Tarek BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPANY COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITORS COMPUTER LITERACY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH FACTOR MARKETS FIRMS FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN COMPANY HIGH EMPLOYMENT HIGH GROWTH SME HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION LEARNING LITERATURE LOAN MANUFACTURERS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PAPERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH SMALL FIRMS SME TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNIVERSITY GRADUATES WORKERS The Middle East North Arica (MENA) region faces no greater challenge than employment generation. An expanding literature on 'gazelles' suggests that a small percentage of fast-growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) generate the majority of new jobs in diverse economies. This paper observes the characteristics of fast growing SMEs included in World Bank Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) enterprise surveys in the MENA region. The identified enterprises characteristics associated with high growth among SMEs include being an innovator, offering workers formal training and receiving an international quality certification. In Egypt, a panel dataset allows observation of true 'gazelles' SMEs that grew an average of 20 percent or more over more than 4 years. There, analysis links enterprise gazelle status among manufacturers to training employees, using email or having a company website, being less than 10 years old, getting a high number of inspections, experiencing fewer power interruptions, and using foreign-licensed technology (considered here a type of innovative behavior). 2012-08-13T13:23:21Z 2012-08-13T13:23:21Z 2011-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/15089185/sme-innovators-gazelles-mena-educate-train-certify-compete http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10867 English MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 43 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa |
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPANY COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITORS COMPUTER LITERACY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH FACTOR MARKETS FIRMS FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN COMPANY HIGH EMPLOYMENT HIGH GROWTH SME HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION LEARNING LITERATURE LOAN MANUFACTURERS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PAPERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH SMALL FIRMS SME TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNIVERSITY GRADUATES WORKERS Stone, Andrew Badawy, Lina Tarek SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! |
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The Middle East North Arica (MENA)
region faces no greater challenge than employment
generation. An expanding literature on 'gazelles'
suggests that a small percentage of fast-growing small and
medium enterprises (SMEs) generate the majority of new jobs
in diverse economies. This paper observes the
characteristics of fast growing SMEs included in World Bank
Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) enterprise surveys in
the MENA region. The identified enterprises characteristics
associated with high growth among SMEs include being an
innovator, offering workers formal training and receiving an
international quality certification. In Egypt, a panel
dataset allows observation of true 'gazelles' SMEs
that grew an average of 20 percent or more over more than 4
years. There, analysis links enterprise gazelle status among
manufacturers to training employees, using email or having a
company website, being less than 10 years old, getting a
high number of inspections, experiencing fewer power
interruptions, and using foreign-licensed technology
(considered here a type of innovative behavior). |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Stone, Andrew Badawy, Lina Tarek |
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Stone, Andrew Badawy, Lina Tarek |
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Stone, Andrew |
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SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! |
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SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! |
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SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! |
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SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! |
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SME Innovators and Gazelles in MENA : Educate, Train, Certify, Compete! |
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sme innovators and gazelles in mena : educate, train, certify, compete! |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/15089185/sme-innovators-gazelles-mena-educate-train-certify-compete http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10867 |
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