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International audience ; Le numéro de revue, dont ce texte est l'introduction, propose une réflexion, menée depuis une perspective interdisciplinaire, sur les iconographies comme outils et objets possibles de l'analyse sociale et politique. Les articles rassemblés, traitant entre autres des graffitis des murs de Tunis, de la signalétique à Jérusalem ou encore des jeux de cartes en Turquie, illustrent la pertinence des études iconographiques pour comprendre les reconfigurations contemporaines qui affectent les sociétés du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient.

International audience ; Le numéro de revue, dont ce texte est l'introduction, propose une réflexion, menée depuis une perspective interdisciplinaire, sur les iconographies comme outils et objets possibles de l'analyse sociale et politique. Les articles rassemblés, traitant entre autres des graffitis des murs de Tunis, de la signalétique à Jérusalem ou encore des jeux de cartes en Turquie, illustrent la pertinence des études iconographiques pour comprendre les reconfigurations contemporaines qui affectent les sociétés du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient.

"This book presents an in-depth description of innovation and technology management in the private sector of the MENA region countries. It also contains a comprehensive coverage of all important concepts of innovation and technology management in the private sector of the MENA region countries"--

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Mit dem Beginn des Arabischen Frühlings im Jahr 2010 wurde eine Welle der Gewalt und Aufstände in den Staaten Nordafrikas und des Nahen Ostens (MENA-Region) ausgelöst. Staaten wie der Irak oder Syrien gelten seither als Konfliktzone. Terroriristische Organisatio-nen wie dem Islamischen Staat (IS) gelang es, weitreichende Gebiete unter seine Herrschaft zu bringen. Seither sind weite Regionen von einer anhaltenden politischen Instabilität geprägt. Diese zog sowohl mikro- als auch makroökonomische Konsequenzen mit sich. Internationale Konzerne, die in der MENA-Region angesiedelt sind bzw. waren, blieben davon nicht unbe-rührt. Diese Arbeit untersucht die standortstrategischen Entscheidungen, bedingt durch die politische Instabilität in den MENA-Nationen. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt dabei auf internationalen Energiekonzernen den sogenannten IOCs da für diese die MENA-Region aufgrund ihrer lukrativen Ressourcenausstattung als attraktive Standortwahl gilt. Als Aus-wahlkriterium galt einerseits die produzierte Menge in BOE (Barrels of Oil Equivalent) und das Engagement bzw. Verwurzelung in den Staaten Nordafrikas und des Nahen Ostens. Als Analyseinstrument diente das von Michael Eugene Porter entwickelte Diamanten-Modell, welches im Jahr 1990 im Werk "The Competitive Advantage of Nations: Creating and Sustai-ning Superior Performance" erschien. Um die Auswirkungen der politischen Instabilität auf die Standortstrategie von IOCs feststellen zu können, diente einerseits die im Modell verwen-dete exogenen Größe die Rolle des Staates als Einflusskomponente sowie weiterführende literarische Werke zum Thema Standortstrategie. Zuerst wurden die Staaten in einer Taxono-mie hinsichtlich ihres Länderrisikos geclustert. In einem zweiten Schritt erfolgte eine Analyse der sich ändernden Standortstrategien von IOCs in der MENA-Region. Dadurch konnten langfristige Zusammenhänge zwischen politischer Instabilität und der Standortstrategie fest-gestellt werden. ; With the beginning of the Arab Spring in Tunisia in 2010, many countries in the regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) lost their political stability and faced social turmoil. Therefore, countries like Syria or the Iraq are now facing civil wars between several different types of terrorist groups. Organisations like the Islamic State (IS) used the permanent instability to occupy broad regions in these countries. The siege of these terrorist organizations also affected international companies that settled in the MENA region. This thesis puts its focus on the location strategy of international oil companies (IOCs) and how the political instable conditions in these regions affect these strategies. Due to a superior endowment of natural resources, the MENA region is a lucrative choice for energy companies. The IOCs for these studies were chosen based upon the amount of produced Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) per anno and their pre-existing engagement in the MENA states. As a basic underlying model to carry out the analysis for this thesis, the Diamond Model created by Michael Eugene Porter was used. This model, was published in the report of "The Competitive Advantage of Nations: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance" in the 1990s. In order to be able to measure the impact of political instability on the location strategy of IOCs, an exogenous parameter of the model - "the government" - took on a major role. Furthermore subject-specific literature was considered. First, a taxonomy was applied on the MENA states to cluster them among their country risks into predefined categories. In a second step, the changes in the location strategy of the IOCs were analysed. By merging the results of the taxonomy and the changes in the location strategies, this thesis shows a sustainable impact of the political instability on the strategic location strategy of IOCs in the MENA region. ; Wolfgang Rechberger, Bakk.rer.soc.oec. ; Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des Verfassers ; Zusammenfassungen in englischer und deutscher Sprache ; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Masterarbeit, 2016 ; (VLID)1255716

Chapter 1. Terrorism Impact on Public Debt and Government Borrowing Cost: New Empirical Evidence from Long Run Relationship in MENA Countries -- Chapter 2. Digital gaps and economic inequalities in MENA countries: An Empirical Investigation -- Chapter 3. Assessing the determinants of capital flight from Tunisia: An ARDL Investigation framework -- Chapter 4. Assessing Macroeconomic, Distributive and Environmental Impacts of Energy Subsidies Removal in Tunisia with Input-Output Modeling -- Chapter 5. Remittances, Income inequality and Brain Drain: An Empirical Investigation for the MENA Region -- Chapter 6. Digital Divide and External Trade Liberalization in the MENA Region: A theoretical and Empirical investigations -- Chapter 7. The Relationship Between Money Laundering and Economic Growth in the MENA Region – A Simultaneous Equations Model -- Chapter 8. The Institutional Approach to Financial Development: Panel Study for the MENA Region. .

This book offers a comparative perspective on the new wave of revolutions in the MENA region. Recently, a new wave of revolutions has swept the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, comparable in some respects to the events of the Arab Spring. Revolutionary events have significantly changed the political regimes in Sudan, Algeria and Mali, while Lebanon and Iraq have also witnessed serious revolutionary episodes. Further, a new quality of protests has manifested in Iran, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan. Presenting a variety of country studies, this book identifies similarities and differences between the events of the Arab Spring and the current upheavals in the MENA region and examines their causes and world-system context. It also analyzes the motivating forces, goals and organizational forms of the protesters and other actors involved, as well as the political and economic consequences of these revolutionary events. Moreover, it seeks to understand why some countries that were actively involved in the Arab Spring have remained largely unaffected by these developments. The book appeals to scholars of political science with a focus on comparative politics, Middle Eastern politics and political sociology.

1. Introduction. New Wave of Revolutions in the MENA Region in the Global Perspective -- 2. Sudan's December Revolution and the Demise of the Al Bashir Regime -- 3. The Crisis of the Rentier State: How the Revolution of Smiles has Brought Down the Sultanistic Regime in Algeria -- 4. 17 October (2019) Revolution in Lebanon, A preliminary analysis -- 5. Revolutionary Protests in Iraq in the Context of Iranian-American Confrontation -- 6. The Roots of the New Wave of Protests in Jordan -- 7. Tunisia. Revolution of Ballot Boxes? -- 8. Egyptian Protests 2019: Harbingers of a New Revolution? -- 9. Revolutionary Events in Mali, 2020–2021 -- 10. Sanctions and the Socio-Economic Roots of Iran's Domestic Instability (2010–2020) -- 11. Why has the recent wave of revolutions in the MENA region missed Kuwait and Bahrain? -- 12. Conclusion. New Wave of Middle Eastern Revolutionary Events in the World System Context.