Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Overview -- 2 Challenges to Firm Competitiveness and Opportunities for Success -- 3 Global Competition and the Peripheral Player: A Promising Future -- 4 The Regional Business Environment in the Global Context -- 5 Dispute Resolution and Firms' Competitiveness in the MENA Region -- 6 Corporate Governance: A Framework for Implementation -- 7 Transparency between Government and Business -- 8 Strengthening Small and Medium Enterprises for International Competitiveness -- 9 Support Services and the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in the MENA Region -- 10 Beyond Credit-A Taxonomy of Small and Medium- Size Enterprises and Financing Methods for Arab Countries -- 11 The Competitive Position of the Tourism Industry in the MENA Region -- Index.