{"id":4845,"date":"2011-10-04T18:36:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T17:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.femise.org\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2014-10-01T12:38:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T11:38:58","slug":"ameliorer-la-productivite-des-entreprises-mediterraneennes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femise.org\/en\/articles-en\/ameliorer-la-productivite-des-entreprises-mediterraneennes\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving productivity in Mediterranean businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo-eco-chantier\"<\/a>Just like western countries, Maghreb countries are creating cluster developments. Networks are seen as an accelerator of productivity, with information sharing, emulation and export incentives. But more than anything, it is the internationalisation of business that creates the greatest chance of development.<\/p>\n

At a time when Mediterranean countries are beginning, almost simultaneously, to review their land development plans and build small and large industrial parks, logistics platforms and other free zones, the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Science Institutes<\/strong><\/a> (FEMISE), is questioning the potential impact that SME clustering could have on the growth of productivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an opportunity for companies to interact, exchange information and knowledge about foreign markets (\u2026) Clustering businesses in the same sector has a great influence on the decision to export and attracts direct, foreign investment\u201d, according to the authors of this study (FEM 33-17<\/a>) entitled \u201cNational and International networks and business performance:\u00a0 a complementary approach to convergence in the countries of the MENA region<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Internationally oriented companies are bigger, and their productivity much greater<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The authors decided to study the business networks of Turkish, Spanish and Moroccan companies.\u00a0 In the light of their work, they are now qualifying the advantage of these connections that may produce congestion, especially in Turkey, which is a real obstacle to productivity.<\/p>\n

Spain, on the other hand, has been able to take advantage of these clusters, which contribute to the creation of a very real pool of labour. But again, problems of congestion exist.\u00a0 According to the authors of the report \u201clocalisation has a less clear influence on productivity than the internationalisation of the company<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Indeed, internationally oriented companies are bigger, and their productivity much greater than those confined to the domestic market. \u201cSmall, international companies have higher productivity than large ones that do not import or export<\/em>\u201d, argues the study.\u00a0 It\u2019s the same scenario for foreign SMEs, which are bigger and more productive than national firms.<\/p>\n

Another factor that seems decisive in terms of performance is the relationship of trust between business partners.\u00a0 The Femise study reveals that Moroccans and Spaniards have trust issues.<\/p>\n

Similarly, \u201ctrust levels are lower in developed countries (\u2026)<\/em>\u201d, says the document.\u00a0 Then trade history, culture and geographic ties between the countries come into play.\u00a0 After applying experimental methodology, the report notes that these factors are determinants in trade and investment between countries.<\/p>\n

Photo and article by Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, Econostrum. It belongs to a series of articles published in the context of the partnership between Econostrum and Femise for the year 2011. These articles also feed the \u201cGrand Angle\u201d part of the Econostrum Website. You can find this topic and all information at the following address:\u00a0www.econostrum.info<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Registration for the Econostrum newsletter is available here: http:\/\/www.econostrum.info\/subscription\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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