eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Business and Management Sciences 2333-4533 2017-11-30 5 4 120 124 10.12691/jbms-5-4-2 JBMS2017542 article Foreign Direct Investment as an Instrument to Promote Entrepreneurship in Algeria: Structural Analysis Using MICMAC Method Lazhar CHINE 1 Tarek DJEDDI tarek.djeddi@gmail.com 2 Achour HAIDOUCHI 3 Faculty of economics, commercial and management, BOUMERDES University, Algeria The High National School of Statistics and Applied Economics ENSSEA ex. INPS, Kolea, Algeria Faculty of economics, commercial and management, BUIRA University, Algeria This study aims to identify key variables controlling the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment inflows to Algeria using MICMAC method. After the listing of variables (both external and internal) and the analysis of the direct and indirect influence matrices, the key variables are Openness, access to free trade areas, general governance, regulation quality and lobbying. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jbms/5/4/2/jbms-5-4-2.pdf FDI structural analysis MICMAC Algeria