Strategy and entrepreneurship in Arab countries / M.S.S. El Namaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Namaki, M. S. S., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship--Arab countries.

Entrepreneurship.

Privatization.

Arab countries--Economic policy.

Arab countries.

Economic policy.

Privatization--Arab countries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

The book provides a thorough analysis of strategy formulation at country and company level in a number of Arab countries and corporations. It is probably the first serious attempt at exploring the process of strategy setting in those countries and corporations. Countries include Libya, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Corporations include Emirates Airlines (UAE), SABIC (KSA) and Misr Spinning and Weaving, Egypt's largest state owned textile company. The book also deals with the issue of entrepreneurial initiative in Arab countries and traces the bright and dark sides of the concept. Issues such as the achievement motivation of the Arab entrepreneur are explored alongside the issue of actual practice of entrepreneurship and the gaps that emerge from the process. Specific characteristics of Arab entrepreneurship such as family business, a dominant force in Arab countries, are also explored. The role of the financial markets, particularly venture capital and private equity, is especially examined.

Contents:

A conceptual and operational framework for business strategy

Country strategic thinking

Corporate strategic thinking

Strategic behavior

Conceptual and an operational framework for entrepreneurship

Personality of the Arab entrepreneur

Capital and finance

Strategic behavior.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index.

ISBN:

0230515649

9780230515642

OCLC:

183928715

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