Entrepreneurship in an Unstable Environment: The Experience of the Occupied Territories

The research aims at exploring the relationship between small business enterprises and their environments through an empirical investigation of the methods and strategies adopted by a number of industrial firms operating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in response to the exigencies and challenges of the uprising in the occupied territories in order to survive. Though the problems faced by the industrial sector as a result of the unique situation in the areas are almost unparalleled in other parts of the world, it has been possible to gain fresh insight into the dynamics of the environmental factors and their impact on organizational structure and function. Despite innumerable obstacles, the industrial sector has achieved a reasonable degree of growth.