Doing Business in the Middle East

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.

• List of Figures List of TablesContributors Preface PART IThe Middle East Business Context 1 The Middle East Context: An Introduction Pawan Budhwar and Vijay Pereira2 Economic Environment in the Middle East: Facts and Initiatives Dimitrios Reppas and Yama Temouri3 The Political Environment in the Middle East: A Comparative Analysis of the UAE, Egypt, and Iraq Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Sophie Lythreatis and Tamirace Fakhoury4 Changing Legal Framework of the GCC Countries T.P. Ghosh5 Wasta in the Middle East: A Corruption or an Opportunity Mohammad Ta’amnha, Susan Sayce and Olga TregaskisPART IIConducting 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 Muschert7 Employment Relations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Mike Leat and Ghada El-Kot8 Banking and Financial Institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region Vikash Ramiah, Vijay Pereira, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Alex Frino and Huy Pham9 Accounting and Taxation Systems in the Middle East Peter Rampling and Albert Wijeweera10 Managing Human Resources in the Middle East Pawan Budhwar, Vijay Pereira and Mohammed Aboramadan11 Conflict Management and Negotiation in the Middle Eastern Workplace Gita Bajaj and Ahmad Said Al-Shuabi12 Performance Management in the Middle East Shahina Javad13 Expatriate Management in the Middle East Prerna KumariPART IIIEmerging Themes 14 Gender Issues at the Workforce in the Middle East Maryam Aldossari and Sara Chaudhry15 Innovation: The Unconventional Gateway to the Middle East Yassir Nasief and Abdulrahman Basahal16 Government e-Services and Reputation: Case of UAE Fatima Al Ali, Melodena Stephens and Vijay PereiraIndex