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Models of Economic Development

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The Economic Reconciliation Process: Middle Eastern Populations in Conflict

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The third chapter presents the various models of economic development, their positive and negative impact, and the open incubator model, which has the potential to create the critical mass of business required to generate economic development through a “clusterization process.” We discuss the possibility of hybrid models, which should be more efficient than a single model.

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Bijaoui, I. (2014). Models of Economic Development. In: The Economic Reconciliation Process: Middle Eastern Populations in Conflict. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137342126_4

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