2024-2025年阿曼创业观察报告

Sultanate of Oman GlobalEntrepreneurshipMonitor Sultanate of Oman Global Entrepreneurship Monitor National Report 2024-2025 “As we are aware of the importance of the small andmedium enterprise, and the entrepreneurship sectorespecially projects based on innovation, artificial intelli-gence, advanced technologies, training and empoweringyoung people to benefit from the opportunities offered bythis vital sector to be a basic building block in the nationaleconomic system. Our government will keep tracking theprogress in these aspects” “As for our sons and daughters from among entrepreneurswho wish to establish their private projects, we are resolvedto lend them our support and encourage their entrepre-neurship programs. We will offer necessary support andincentives to small and medium enterprises, given theirvital role in stimulating economic activity and employmentopportunities.” His MajestySultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said Authors 1.Abdullah Al Shukaili,Ph.D.;Head of Management Department&ExecutiveDirector Entrepreneurship Center, University of Nizwa; Assistant Professor at theManagement Department, College of Economics, Management and InformationSystems (Oman GEM Project Team Leader).2.Abrar Al Alawi; Instructor at the Management Department, College of Economics,Management & Information Systems; Research Assistant at the University ofNizwa Entrepreneurship Center; (Oman GEM Member).3.Kawther Al Kindi; Part time faculty at the College of Economics, Management, andInformation Systems Administration, (Oman GEM Member).4.Rabie Khairnnas, Research Assistant at the Entrepreneurship Center, University ofNizwa. Technical Support 1.Mohammed Al Maawali, Administrative Director, Entrepreneurship Center, Universityof Nizwa. 2.Bader Al Suleimani, Director, External Relations Office, University of Nizwa.3.Shatha Salim Al Hinai, Administrator at the Entrepreneurship Center, University ofNizwa.4.Dr. Salem Al Riyami, Head of Studies Department, SMEs Development Authority,Muscat Typesetting 1.Samma Faiz Rasool, Ph.D.Assistant Professor at the Management Department,College of Economics, Management and Information Systems, University of Nizwa. Designing 1.Syed Mohammad Sarfaraz Hamid, Natural & Medical Sciences Research Center(NMSRC), University of Nizwa. 2.Zainab Mohammad Al-Qarni, Designer, Media and Marketing Department, Universityof Nizwa. Published by the Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Nizwa. ISBN: To cite this report: Al Shukaili, A., Al Alawi, A., Al Kindi, K., Khairnnas, R. (2025). Global EntrepreneurshipMonitor: Oman National Report 2024/2025. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.www.gemconsortuim.org Sponsors GEM Oman Sponsor and leading institution: University of Nizwa. Partner Sponsor: Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, Sultanate ofOman. Follow us: Acknowledgments First, we would like to express our sincere gratitude andpraise to Almighty Allah for His blessings that haveenabled us to complete the 6th edition of the Oman GEMproject successfully. We would like to express our sincerethanks to the Chancellor of the University of Nizwa andProfessor Dr. Ahmed bin Khalfan Al Rawahi, for giving usthe opportunity to develop the 6th edition of this project.Moreover,we are also thankful to the leadership forproviding us with the financial and logistical support. We extend our sincere gratitude to the SMEs DevelopmentAuthority for their support and encouragement throughoutthis project. We also appreciate the invaluable assistanceof the supporting staff of the Department of Researchand Studies. Their contributions were essential to oursuccess. We are also grateful to the GEM project’s team,particularly to Dr. Aileen Ionescu-Somers and Prof. AliciaCoduras, Mr. Henrique Bastos, and Mr. Francis Carmona.We are extending our thanks to our partner Data Academyand Investment company, which has collected the NES andAPS data during this cycle, and to the participants from thehouseholds and experts. Finally, we sincerely thank all ourecosystem partners for their direct or indirect support inhelping us to complete this project. Chancellor, University of Nizwa In response to the aspirations of Oman’s Vision 2040 to build an active and strongsector of entrepreneurship in the Sultanate, and due to the desire of the Universityof Nizwa to actively and constructively contribute to the growth of this sector, andto support those in charge to raise the industry to lofty horizons of production anddevelopment; the Entrepreneurship Center (EC) was established. The Center aims to bea research hub that enhances this promising sector in terms of education and services,as well as providing practical solutions that are based on sound scientific research. The EC conveys to the sector the best experiences and wise practices from aroundthe world through its links with the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). It alsodisseminates a culture of entrepreneurship among University students and youth ingene