Recent Publications

Rizk, N. E. and S. H. Kamel (in press), "ICT and Building a Knowledge-Based Society in Egypt," International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM) International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM).

Rizk, N. E. (in press), "Media Concentration in Egypt," in International Media Ownership and Concentration; Eli Noam (Editor) Oxford University Press.

Rizk, N. E. (2012) “Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a Vehicle for Human Development in Egypt: Some Evidence and Insights”, International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 5(3), 221-236.

Rizk, N. E. and Kamel, S. (2012). “ICT Strategy4Development: Public-Private Partnerships: The Case of Egypt”, International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA), 3(2), 72-90.

Rizk, N. E., and Attalah, L. (2011), "Egypt's Evolving Media Landscape: Access, Public Interest and Control", in A New Frontier, An Old Landscape, Dixie Hawtin and Andrew Puddaphatt eds., New York: Ford Foundation, 118-136.

Access to Knowledge in Egypt: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development, Rizk and Shaver, eds, Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.
http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/pdf%20files/BookInfo%20pdfs/Shaver%20Egypt%20Info2.pdf

"Access to Knowledge in Egypt: Economic, Global and Local Perspectives," with Lea Shaver, in Access to Knowledge in Egypt: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development, Rizk and Shaver, eds, Bloomsbury Academic, 2010
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1437611

"Notes from Egypt's Alternative Music Scene: Business Models, Commons and Copyright" Journal of World Intellectual Property (January 2010)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120125414/issue

Arab Knowledge Report 2009: Towards Productive Intercommunication for Knowledge, with Kamal Abdul Latif, Omar Bizri, Mouin Hamza and Ramzi Salama (Al Maktoum Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme, 2009).

"The Software Industry in Egypt: What Role for Open-Source?" with Sherif El-Kassas, in Access to Knowledge in Egypt, New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Development; Bloomsbury Academic, 2010

"Stories from Egypt’s Music Industry: De Facto Commons as Alternatives to Copyright," in Access to Knowledge in Egypt, New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Development, Rizk and Shaver eds.; Bloomsbury Academic, 2010

"Information Technology, Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development," in Cultural Heritage and Development in the Arab World, Fekri Hassan, Aloisia de Trafford and Mohsen Youssef, eds.; Biblioteca Alexandrina, 2008.

"Arab Musiconomics, Culture, and Copyright," in Intellectual Property and Development: WIPO Development Agenda and Developing Countries, Neil Netanel, ed., Oxford University Press, 2008.

"Venturing the Unexplored: E-readiness Assessment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Egypt," in Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities, Sherif Kamel, ed., Idea Publishing Group, 2006.