Overview of Knowledge Economy in the Arab Region

Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed

doi:10.1007/s13132-013-0153-8

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“…The KEI assesses whether the environment is conducive for knowledge to be used effectively for economic development. The World Bank's knowledge economy framework is built on the proposition that the state of the knowledge economy in any country can be improved by sustained investment in education, innovation and ICTs (Nour, 2013;Bashir, 2013).…”

Section: Entrepreneurship Education and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The economic incentive and institutional regime pillar includes tariff and non-tariff barriers, regulatory quality and rule of law. The education and human resources pillar includes average years of schooling, secondary enrolment and tertiary enrolment (Nour, 2013) The data in Table III (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) Methodology (KAM). As can be seen from the table, although the GCC countries are considered among the richest countries of the world in terms of GDP per capita, their ranking does not reflect their income level.…”

Section: Entrepreneurship Education and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of entrepreneurship education and training on creation of the knowledge economy

Gangi

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of Qatar with entrepreneurship education and training, and its contribution in creating a knowledge-based economy. By doing so, the paper will contribute towards raising awareness about the state of entrepreneurship education, training and the knowledge economy in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach The research design for this paper is a descriptive and interpretive case study that is analysed through qualitative methods. Secondary information is analysed through descriptive statistics. Findings The main finding of this paper is that although Qatar has launched many initiatives of entrepreneurship education and training to help diversify its economy by creating knowledge-based economy, the data show that there is some improvement in Qatar’s ranking in the Knowledge Economy Index. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of this study is the unavailability of secondary data for a long period of time. Social implications The main policy implication that can be derived from the findings of this paper is that entrepreneurship education and training alone cannot create a diversified and knowledge-based economy in a short period of time. In fact building a knowledge economy requires more than introduction of entrepreneurship education and training. In addition to entrepreneurship education it requires improvement in the national innovation system, large investment in information and communication technology and a good macroeconomic performance. Moreover, the success of entrepreneurship education and training in fulfilling its objective requires a comprehensive strategy to be implemented over a long period of time. Originality/value The paper represents an original work that links entrepreneurship education and training with the knowledge economy. This is the first paper that handles this issue in the context of Gulf countries.

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Section: Entrepreneurship Education and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Entrepreneurship Education and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of entrepreneurship education and training on creation of the knowledge economy

Gangi

2017

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“…The development of a knowledge economy in the Arab world was studied from the standpoint of theoretical and research approaches (Nour, 2015). The author analysed the indicators of the knowledge economy and indicators of knowledge used in the literature to study the existence and development of the knowledge economy in the Arab region.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

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Knowledge economy: trends in the world and analysis of Ukraine

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Simkiv

2020

JEECAR

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The objective of the article is to study the regional development of Ukraine through the prism of indicators that characterize the knowledge-based economy, comparing it to other countries. It has been determined that the appearance of a new economy in the world arena is dictated by time and new trends in the world. Performed study justified that in the conditions of Ukraine, economic knowledge can be a breakthrough in the country's growth. Given the ambiguity and uneven economic development of the administrative-territorial units of Ukraine, the main destabilizing factors that hinder the successful implementation of reforms have been identified. A comparative analysis of the Ukrainian economy with that of Poland has been carried out. For this reason, the critical requirements for Ukraine’s development are economic knowledge based on science, modern technologies, improved educational system, and continues professional training of executive management personnel.

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“…Ten kilometers from Old Muscat the large campus of Sultan Qaboos University is located in a development area. There are several articles on the transformation of higher education in the GCC countries at region-level (Davidson, 2010;Nour, 2013;Romani, 2009) and at state-level: Kuwait (Al-Atiqi & Alharbi, 2009;Wiseman & Alromi, 2003), Bahrain (Karolak, 2012), Qatar (Khodr, 2011;Powell, 2012;Powell, 2014), United Arab Emirates (Kirk & Napier, 2009;Wilkins, 2010), and Oman (Al-Lamki, 2006;Donn & Issan, 2007).…”

Section: Cities In the Gulf Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%