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Sources of Economic Growth in MENA Countries: Technological Progress, Physical or Human Capital Accumulations?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Economic growth is an increase in the productive capacity of an economy. The productive capacity can be increased by an increase in factors of production, such as capital, labor, or the level of technology. Economic growth ...
Corruption and Economic Development
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Corruption is believed to be widespread and it adversely affects countries at different intervals, in different degrees. Corruption scandals show that bribes are commonplace and that even societies that are supposedly free ...
The Role of Institutions in Economic Development
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Despite the global liberalization of trade, financial and technological flows, there still are tremendous disparities in terms of income per capita and growth rates across countries (Hall and Jones, 1999). Among the plethora ...
FDI in the Middle Eastern and North African Countries
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Foreign direct investment (FDI), which may be flow or stock, represents the investment of foreign assets into domestic structures, equipment, and organizations. The parent multinational corporations (MNCs) may use vertical, ...
Trade Diversification and Intra-Regional Trade in North Africa
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Examination of the growth phases in developed and in developing countries and their involvement in international trade shows the importance of trade policies in these countries. In recent decades, many developing countries ...
An overview of cloud systems and supply chains in Jordan
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
In line with the focus of this book on cloud systems and supply chain firms, it is appropriate to provide a background of cloud systems implementation, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Information Systems ...
Investigating the role of knowledge gaps in enhancing quality in cloud environments
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
In recent years we have all heard about the advantages and benefits of the so-called “cloud” for the use of corporate software (Gopalakrishnan, 2009; Neto et al., 2008; Takabi et al., 2011). It can be argued that the ...
The inflation-central bank independence nexus: Where do MENA countries stand?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Inflation and its dynamics have been always capturing the attention of economic scholars and policymakers worldwide. Numerous theories in economic literature tried to define the concept of inflation by suggesting different ...
The middle east and North Africa: Cursed by natural resources?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The relationship between natural resource wealth and economic growth has been extensively studied. As opposed to basic intuition, the results of several empirical studies suggest that vast natural capital endowments don’t ...
The finance-growth nexus: Which factors can interfere?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The financial sector's role in economic growth is heavily contested by economists. Some argue that economic growth is not caused by finance, but that it responds to changing demands, while others argue the positive effect ...