Overview / Samiha Fawzy -- Global Rules for Business -- Challenges to Firm Competitiveness and Opportunities for Success / Dorsati Madani, John Page -- Global Competition and the Peripheral Player: A Promising Future / Taieb Hafsi -- The Business Environment in the MENA Region -- The Regional Business Environment in the Global Context / Andrew H.W. Stone -- Dispute Resolution and Firms' Competitiveness in the MENA Region / Jeffrey B. Nugent -- Corporate Governance: Implications for the MENA Region -- Corporate Governance: A Framework for Implementation / Magdi R. Iskander, Nadereh Chamlou -- Transparency between Government and Business / John D. Sullivan -- Sectoral Applications -- Strengthening Small and Medium Enterprises for International Competitiveness / Sanjay Lall -- Support Services and the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in the MENA Region / Antoine Mansour -- Beyond Credit--A Taxonomy of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises and Financing Methods for Arab Countries / Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Nihal El-Megharbel, Hulusi Inanoglu -- The Competitive Position of the Tourism Industry in the MENA Region / Sahar Tohamy
