Foreign Direct Investment as an Instrument to Promote Entrepreneurship in Algeria: Structural Analysis Using MICMAC Method

Lazhar CHINE¹, Tarek DJEDDI^2, and Achour HAIDOUCHI³

¹Faculty of economics, commercial and management, BOUMERDES University, Algeria

²The High National School of Statistics and Applied Economics ENSSEA ex. INPS, Kolea, Algeria

³Faculty of economics, commercial and management, BUIRA University, Algeria

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Lazhar CHINE, Tarek DJEDDI and Achour HAIDOUCHI. Foreign Direct Investment as an Instrument to Promote Entrepreneurship in Algeria: Structural Analysis Using MICMAC Method. Journal of Business and Management Sciences. 2017; 5(4):120-124. doi: 10.12691/JBMS-5-4-2

Abstract

This study aims to identify key variables controlling the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment inflows to Algeria using MICMAC method. After the listing of variables (both external and internal) and the analysis of the direct and indirect influence matrices, the key variables are Openness, access to free trade areas, general governance, regulation quality and lobbying.

Keywords

FDI, structural analysis, MICMAC, Algeria

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