In 2011, the Arab region has seen an unprecedented popular uprising commonly referred to
as the" Arab Spring". The objective of this paper is to analyze the economic performance …

Develo** industrial linkages as spatial binding forces has become crucial for improving
firms' productivity. This paper examines the impacts of the adoption of forward and financial …

This study investigates the effect of agglomeration on technical efficiency of small and
medium‐sized garment firms in Egypt. Using a sample of 502 firms, we estimated a translog …

Abstract The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)(, pp. 14–15)
identified that “industrialization is the seedbed for entrepreneurship, business investment …

This chapter applies the five drivers of productivity framework to regional microdata for Egypt
and extends it by introducing an index of industrial clusters as an explanatory factor of the …

The Egyptian government has prioritized the idea of cluster-based development-that is, the
geographic concentration of specialized firms, such as in this case, those producing similar …

This chapter applies the five drivers of productivity framework to regional microdata for Egypt
and extends it by introducing an index of industrial clusters as an explanatory factor of the …

This study examines the development of industrial clusters in Egypt, with a specific focus on
the Damietta Furniture Cluster, an organic industrial cluster known for its rich tradition in …

Based on field visits, structured interviews, and reviews of the literature and secondary data,
we examine major challenges facing the leather and date clusters in Tunisia. The …

The handicraft industry has been contracting in recent times because of external competition
and a preference for foreign-made crafts by consumers. Kiliim, an Egyptian social enterprise …