1st Edition
Doing Business in the Middle East A Research-Based Practitioners’ Guide
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Preface
PART I
The Middle East Business Context
1 The Middle East Context: An Introduction
Pawan Budhwar and Vijay Pereira
2 Economic Environment in the Middle East: Facts and Initiatives
Dimitrios Reppas and Yama Temouri
3 The Political Environment in the Middle East: A Comparative Analysis of the UAE, Egypt, and Iraq
Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Sophie Lythreatis and Tamirace Fakhoury
4 Changing Legal Framework of the GCC Countries
T.P. Ghosh
5 Wasta in the Middle East: A Corruption or an Opportunity
Mohammad Ta’amnha, Susan Sayce and Olga Tregaskis
PART II
Conducting Business in the Middle East
6 Entry Modes to Middle East-GCC Markets: The Case of the UAE
Vijay Pereira, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Daicy Vaz and Glenn Muschert
7 Employment Relations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Mike Leat and Ghada El-Kot
8 Banking and Financial Institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region
Vikash Ramiah, Vijay Pereira, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Alex Frino and Huy Pham
9 Accounting and Taxation Systems in the Middle East
Peter Rampling and Albert Wijeweera
10 Managing Human Resources in the Middle East
Pawan Budhwar, Vijay Pereira and Mohammed Aboramadan
11 Conflict Management and Negotiation in the Middle Eastern Workplace
Gita Bajaj and Ahmad Said Al-Shuabi
12 Performance Management in the Middle East
Shahina Javad
13 Expatriate Management in the Middle East
Prerna Kumari
PART III
Emerging Themes
14 Gender Issues at the Workforce in the Middle East
Maryam Aldossari and Sara Chaudhry
15 Innovation: The Unconventional Gateway to the Middle East
Yassir Nasief and Abdulrahman Basahal
16 Government e-Services and Reputation: Case of UAE
Fatima Al Ali, Melodena Stephens and Vijay Pereira
Index
Biography
Pawan Budhwar is the 50th Anniversary Professor of International HRM, Head of Aston Business School, and an Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor International (India) at Aston University, UK.
Vijay Pereira is Full Professor of International and Strategic Human Capital Management and Department Chair of People and Organizations department at NEOMA Business School, France.
