The Impact of Economic Intelligence on Foreign Trade, Egypt as a Model for the Period (1990 - 2020)
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https://doi.org/10.56532/mjbem.v4i2.136Keywords:
economic intelligence , foreign trade, information and communications technologyAbstract
The paper aims to present the theoretical framework of economic intelligence and foreign trade, and to measure and analyse the relationship between economic intelligence and foreign trade in Egypt, relying on the quantitative statistical analytical approach. The research was based on the hypothesis that economic intelligence has a positive impact on foreign trade. The dependent variable is the percentage of total trade in GDP, while the explanatory variables are information and communication technologies as a percentage of GDP, spending on research and development as a percentage of GDP, Patent applications, foreign direct investment as a percentage of GDP, medium and high-tech manufacturing value added as a percentage of total value added and enrolment in higher education as a percentage of total enrolment. Among the most important results obtained, the test value (F) used (4.5505), which indicates the importance of the model, and that the economic intelligence contributes significantly to a positive impact on Egypt's foreign trade, (t) reached 0.2653916, while the coefficient of determination (R-squared) rate reached 0.8487, meaning that 0.8487 of the application in the variable is due to its explanatory value. Several proposals were also presented.
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