The Incentives and Efforts for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Resource-Based Economy: A Survey on Perspective of Qatari Residents
Abstract
:1. Introduction: A Resource-Based State and Economic Diversification: The Case of Qatar
2. The Background, Scope, and Methodology of the Paper
3. Potential Fall in Hydrocarbons’ Value Around 2030 and Implications for Oil and Gas-Rich States
4. Theory of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Implications for the Resource-Rich States
Determinants and Characteristics of Innovation
5. The Survey Results
6. Conclusions
7. Discussions and Future Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleTok, Evren. 2020. "The Incentives and Efforts for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Resource-Based Economy: A Survey on Perspective of Qatari Residents" Sustainability 12, no. 2: 626. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020626