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Innovation magnitude of manufacturing industry in Egypt with particular focus on SMEs

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  • Mohamed Ramadan A. Rezk

    (Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt)

  • Haiam Helmy Ibrahim

    (Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt)

  • Amr Radwan

    (Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt)

  • Mahmoud M. Sakr

    (Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt)

  • Manuela Tvaronavičienė

    (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH), Lithuania)

  • Manuela Tvaronavičienė

    (General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuania)

  • Leonardo Piccinetti

    (Rete Europea Dell'Innovazione, Italy)

Abstract

. This paper is based on the main findings of the 2015 Egyptian National Innovation Survey, which covered 2700 SMEs firms with different manufacturing activities. The main objective of paper is to try to evaluate the situation in the private SMEs, regarding to the innovation. Also highlights on the roles of cooperation in innovation on performance of SMEs. Our findings show that 35.5% of Egyptian SMEs have at least one type of innovation (product or process). The innovation activities increase with increasing the size of companies in term of number of employees. The majority of SMEs are in the manufacturing sectors, whereas 2.1 % of innovative SMEs firms depend on universities, government, and public research institutions as main sources of information to developing their product or process innovation.

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  • Mohamed Ramadan A. Rezk & Haiam Helmy Ibrahim & Amr Radwan & Mahmoud M. Sakr & Manuela Tvaronavičienė & Manuela Tvaronavičienė & Leonardo Piccinetti, 2016. "Innovation magnitude of manufacturing industry in Egypt with particular focus on SMEs," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 3(4), pages 307-318, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:3:y:2016:i:4:p:307-318
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2016.3.4(1)
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