-financial firms listed in stock exchanges in G8 and MENA countries. The total number of firms in the G8 and MENA is 347 and 389 … significantly and positively with asset efficiency, expense control, debt financing, and liquidity. In the MENA countries … also reveal a significant institutional convergence between G8 and MENA countries in terms of voice & accountability …

Innovation, in all its forms, has become a central activity in companies. Moreover, innovation is considered as the … engine of growth in several countries. The main objective of this paper is to study the determinants of innovation (product … and process) in firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region via concentrating on the impact of financial and …

paper in order to verify how different the MENA region is from the set of EU-member states. The results show that economic … freedom. Of particular interest is the result that some MENA countries belong to the same cluster of most of the EU-countries. …

stronger institutions are crucial for MENA's overall financial stability vis-à-vis reduction in the risk of default in the …Resource abundance characterizes economies within the MENA region from North Africa to the Middle East. As such, to …

importance of innovation and education on fostering economic growth, urging MENA governments to further invest in R&D and …Purpose - Innovation has become the engine of economic growth, especially with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This … paper aims at studying the association between innovation - measured by gross expenditure on research and development (GERD …