User:DaleMurphy/UAE

Country Template, e.g. for UAE : =Introduction to Entrepreneurship Policies in the UAE=

This article covers the best practices and needs for reform in entrepreneurship policy in UAE, as part of the WikiProject on entrepreneurship policies in the Arab world. The article uses the categories and format of the for that project.

=Startup, ease of entry=

For-profit companies
{Including length of time to establish, steps, red-tape.}

Foreign ownership
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=Finances=

Credit cards
[after personal savings, personal credit cards are the #1 source of financing US startups, funding 46% of all early-stage startups -- albeit not yet in the Arab world!]

Other financial
=Bankruptcy=

=Taxes=

=Judicial System and Legal Reforms=

Intellectual Property
{Patent law, copyright, trademark, etc. Stringent laws can protect innovation and inventions, that benefit entrepreneurs by rewarding risk-seeking and protecting intellectual property; but can also protect monopolies and inhibit innovation.}

Bilateral and Multilateral Investment Treaties
=Labor markets=

Flexibility in hiring/firing

 * for all companies
 * for SME's

Immigration
=Education=

=Governance and society=

Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law
=Entrepreneurship Promotion Initiatives= List, hyperlinks, or refer to Arab entrepreneurship initiatives, or "transclude" using ?

etc.
 * 1) Youth (and parent) targeted initiatives
 * 2) Gender-targeted initiatives
 * 3) Mass-media initiatives (TV, radio, big campaigns, mind-set)
 * 4) Angel Groups
 * 5) VC's
 * 6) Incubators
 * 7) Corporate-funded initiatives
 * 8) local corporations
 * 9) foreign corporations
 * 10) Government projects
 * 11) national government
 * 12) provincial, city governments
 * 13) foreign governments?
 * 14) NGOs
 * 15) INGO