Acronyms and glossary of terms
Executive summary
Chapter 1. Making the case for high growth enterprises
-The MENA region faces daunting challenges for income and employment creation
-The promotion of entrepreneurship and SME development is an important instrument to address the region’s challenges
-Making the case for high growth enterprises
-The analysis of high-impact firms in the MENA region
-Bibliography
-Annex 1.A1. Facts and statistics on the importance of SMEs and entrepreneurship across countries
Chapter 2. Enterprise development and entrepreneurship in the MENA region
-Introduction
-Concepts and terminology
-Enterprise prevalence in different stages of the business life course
-Sectors of economic activity in the different stages of the business life course
-The prevalence of firms with “high potential”
-Key features of MENA entrepreneurs
-up observations of key features of enterprises and entrepreneurs in the region
-What are the main factors behind business creation?
-The role of public policy in fostering enterprise creation
-Summary and conclusions
-Bibliography
Chapter 3. High growth new enterprises owned by graduates
-Introduction and methodology
-Enterprises characteristics
-Access to finance
-Being competitive
-Attitudes to entrepreneurship
-How can governments stimulate entrepreneurship?
-Summary and conclusions
-Bibliography
Chapter 4. The entrepreneurship and SME policy regime in five MENA countries
-Introduction
-The role of public policy on SME and entrepreneurship promotion
-Policy evidence from OECD countries on high growth enterprises
-The policy frameworks in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and the UAE
-Careful evaluation is necessary to ensure effectiveness
-Policy implications
-Entrepreneurship and SME Policy
-Micro and macro approaches
-Direct assistance or lowering the “burdens”
-Bibliography
Chapter 5. Rationale and policies to promote high growth enterprises
-Why focus on young and high impact enterprises in MENA?
-What we know about young and high impact enterprises in MENA