There are numerous associations in every branch of business that offer help.
The Leadership Management Development Centre helps businesses in Egypt cope with the new economy and acts as a national centre of expertise to help and support Egyptian and Arab business organizations to increase their efficiency and competitiveness.

The government can help some industries to retrain their employees, or even to help them to restructure their labour forces with new early-retirement schemes and schemes to help younger workers move from one area of employment to another.

Egypt is forming an Institute of Directors to help managements adjust to the new era of globalization and is organising training abroad in some key areas.

There are duty free zones in or close to the ports to cut transportation costs for firms exporting and importing. Clusters of companies in a particular sector have formed and save time and cost sharing services.

Firms relying on particular products are encouraged to site their operations close to the main sources of supply.