Strategies for the Development of Palestinian Industrial Parks Case Study: Jericho Agro Industrial Park رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

The competitive climate in the global economy between the countries reaches to the fore, as several developing countries hasten to emulate the international economic trend toward equipping the industrial parks with diverse incentives to attract local and foreign investors through the provision of necessary infrastructure element, industrial parks effective management, governmental incentives package and world-class services. Industrial parks, free zones, economic zones and eco industrial parks are all essential elements yet somehow different in some aspects, in the growth and prosperity of each country around the world since the industrial revolution until our day. Development of Industrial Parks (IPs) is often the guiding principle of government for a developing country with limited natural resources and a small-scale local market. To assist national industries, it is often necessary to subsidize research institutes and provide tax incentives. In addition to encouraging universities to diffuse knowledge for industrial development, the cooperation of industry, government, universities and non-profit research institutes to promote the national innovation system which will be enticement to worldwide enterprises. The research provides an overview of the history and the development of industrial parks in different countries and studies several cases of prominent industrial parks around the world and from deferent continents such as Vientam from East Asia, Ethiopia from east Africa, Jordan from Middle east, Turkey from West Asia and Romania from east Europe. These cases provide a full understanding about the development of industrial parks in those areas and provide this research with applicable policies and lessons learned that allow this study to VI generate the required strategies for the development of Palestinian Industrial Parks (Case Study- Jericho Agro Industrial Parks). Moreover, those strategies will also be formulated through investigating the key components which are affecting the development of the Palestinian IPs, assessing and analyzing the internal and external factors that are impacting the development of (JAIP) and allocate the required strategies for proper development of industrial parks in general and (JAIP) in particular.