Entrepreneurship Education and Research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Perspectives on Trends, Policy and Educational Environment

1. Introduction.- Part I. Research by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) in the MENA Region.- 2. Background to the MENA Region.- 3.Entrepreneurical Activity in the MENA region.- 4. Characteristics and Motives of Early-stage Entrepreneurs in the MENA Region.- 5. The MENA Region Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions.- 6. Policy Implications and Recommendations.- Part II. Entrepreneurship Education and Training in MENA.- 7. Entrepreneurship Education and Research in Iran: an Investigation of University of Tehran’s Faculty of Entrepreneurship.- 8. University Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: Does Education Make a Difference?. - 9. Integrated Approach as a Way of Overcoming Entrepreneurship Education Challenges in Elementary Schools in MENA Countries:  Evidence from Iran.- 10. Spiritual Intelligence and Social Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Students: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Passion.- 11. Entrepreneurship Education and Training in Saudi Arabia.- 12. Perceptions Towards Entrepreneurship and Intention to become Entrepreneurs: the Case of Sultan Qaboos University Female Undergraduate Students.- 13. A Journey towards Entrepreneurial Support in Pakistan: IBA’s Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED).- Part III. Entrepreneurship Research in MENA.- 14. A Taxonomic Study of Innovation in the MENA Region Economies: Reflections on Entrepreneurism in Egypt and Qatar.- 15.Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa: A Bibliometric Analysis.- 16.  Entrepreneurship Research in Iran: Current Trends and Future Agendas.- 17. A Review of the Status of Social Entrepreneurship Research and Education in Iran.- 18. Challenges of Entrepreneurial Finance: A Systematic Analysis of Empirical Researches.