Estimating GDP Growth in Saudi Arabia Under the Government’s Vision 2030: a Knowledge-based Economy Approach

Amirat, Amina; Zaidi, Makram

doi:10.1007/s13132-019-00596-2

Cited by 45 publications

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“…With the trend of knowledge workers contributing more than 55% of the world’s GDP (Amirat & Zaidi, 2020), more knowledge is integrated with intangible resources to shift to services from the manufacturing sectors gradually. Some theorists believe that KBT is the natural evolution of RBT because the resource like knowledge with the most sustained competitive advantage is the most valuable, inimitable and immobile of all (Helfat & Peteraf, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards the Underlying Theories of Small Firm Growth: A Literature Review

Hafiz

Latiff

Islam

et al. 2021

FIIB Business Review

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As a pre-condition for the economic growth of a country, the concept of firm growth has emerged as a critical strategic issue for small businesses from the strategic management perspective. While some literature reviews have been conducted on small firm growth, a comprehensive review of theories emphasizing the association of intangible resources with the growth of small firms has not been conducted. This study aims to provide a literature review of extant theoretical perspectives of small businesses literature. For the review, materials are collected and extracted from various online databases, and results are analysed using classifier variables. Five theories of firm growth, namely, the resource-based theory, knowledge-based theory, dynamic capabilities theory, upper echelon theory and resource-dependency theory, are selected to review, associating the present research aim. The theories are compared using key attributes and outcomes. A clear direction towards an optimum theory to underpin the small firms’ growth has been provided from a resource-management perspective. By validating various theoretical perspectives to explain small business growth, the present study provides first-hand insights for managers to formulate strategies and creates a cornerstone for future empirical studies.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards the Underlying Theories of Small Firm Growth: A Literature Review

Hafiz

Latiff

Islam

et al. 2021

FIIB Business Review

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“…Following the work of Cravo et al (2012), this study explores the role of SMEs in economic development. We analysed Gross Domestic Product growth (GDP) as a proxy for economic growth (Amirat and Zaidi, 2020). A total output of SMEs (SMEO), export rate (EXPR), Human development index (HDI), and bank credit to SMEs (BCSME) are taken as explanatory variables.…”

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Small and medium-sized enterprises and economic growth in Pakistan: An ARDL bounds cointegration approach

Manzoor

Wei

Siraj

2021

Heliyon

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This study examines the relationships between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and economic growth in Pakistan from 1990 to 2019. It focuses on SMEs and the other factors responsible for the economic growth by evaluating their effects in the long-run and short-run by employing the autoregressive distributed lag bounds cointegration approach. In the long-run, the SME's output, human development index, and credit to the SME sector's expansion are identified as the main driving force behind economic growth. However, in the short-run, SME's output, human development index, credit to SME, and annual export rate are the main drivers of economic development. Empirical results are important to policy makers to promote, stimulate and support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises through their strategies.

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“…This thrust has placed students at the forefront of schooling. Counter to traditional learning frameworks, putting students in innovative learning environments that promote coconstructive creativity and innovation has the potential to transform them from knowledge consumers to knowledge creators (Abu-Rashed et al, 2020;Amirat & Zaidi, 2019;Nurunnabi, 2017). However, the knowledge creation ideal puts enormous pressure on education systems to develop citizens with strong technical skills and information development potential.…”

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confidence: 99%

Graduate students' perceptions of and recommendations pursuant to Saudi Arabia’s COVID 19 “Stay-at-Home” initiative

Alghamdi

Aldossary

Deraney

2021

CJES

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The global spread of COVID-19 has prompted countries worldwide to design initiatives and measures to ensure public health and safety. Saudi Arabia launched a “Stay-at-Home” initiative in March 2020 involving all sectors of society. This exploratory study employed a qualitative research design using written journal reflections to discern the views and opinions of Saudi female graduate students at a large public university in the Eastern Province. The research posed three questions: (1) What were participants’ perspectives of the impact of the “Stay-at-Home” initiative; (2) What values did participants manifest during the initiative; and, (3) What were participants’ recommendations and innovative solutions to deal with the initiative’s effects? Findings reveal that boredom and loneliness, fear of infection, and financial concerns dominated students’ perceptions of the impact of the initiative. Participants further identified divine protection and global unity as two key values that were heightened to deal with the initiative and the pandemic. Finally, innovative solutions to mitigate the effects of the initiative were categorized into 13 sub-themes organized around two main spheres of Saudi life — public (governmental/societal) and private (family/home). Keywords: COVID-19, Saudi Arabia, higher edducation

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Estimating GDP Growth in Saudi Arabia Under the Government’s Vision 2030: a Knowledge-based Economy Approach

Cited by 45 publications

References 25 publications

Towards the Underlying Theories of Small Firm Growth: A Literature Review

Towards the Underlying Theories of Small Firm Growth: A Literature Review

Small and medium-sized enterprises and economic growth in Pakistan: An ARDL bounds cointegration approach

Graduate students' perceptions of and recommendations pursuant to Saudi Arabia’s COVID 19 “Stay-at-Home” initiative

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