AZIZ NAFA

Aziz Nafa is a permanent researcher at the Center for Research in Applied Economics for Development (CREAD), Algiers, Algeria, and associate researcher at the Population, Environment and Development Laboratory (LPED), Aix-Marseille University and the French National Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (IRD-France), and collaborator at INRPME at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivères, Quebec.

He is responsible for a research team working on the issues of the firm. His research focuses in particular on entrepreneurship and development. After studying the use of information and communication technologies in the activities of young entrepreneurs as well as student entrepreneurship, he focuses on the role of the diaspora in the initiative of innovative companies in the country of origin (case of Algeria), with the latest publications:
- A. Djeflat, A. Nafa, M. Chitti, 2017, « Stratégie d’acteurs dans le développement économique des territoires : Cas du secteur des TIC ». Ouvrage. Projet réalisé dans le cadre des programmes nationaux de recherche (PNR) en 2013. Ed, cahiers du CREAD.
- É. St-Jean, M. Tremblay, F. Janssen, J. Baronet, C. Loué, A. Nafa, 2016, « May business mentors act as opportunity brokers and enablers among university students ? ». International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (IEMJ), ISSN 1554-7191.
- L. Gardelle, A. Nafa, J. Droff, 2016, « L'expérience technopolitaine en Algérie : enjeux et perspectives de la diaspora pour l'attractivité territoriale. » Revue Méditerranée, numéro spécial « Mobilité des activités et recomposition des territoires en Méditerranée », sous la direction de Sylvie Daviet. p. 45-53 ;
- É. St-Jean, A. Nafa, M. Tremblay, F. Janssen, J. Baronet, C. Loué, 2014, « Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students: An International Comparison between African, European and American students ». International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM). Pages 95 -114.