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15 Danish national statistics and BBC, “Cartoons Row Hits Danish
Exports,” September 9, 2006, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/
5329642.stm.
16 Anthony Browne, “Denmark Faces International Boycott over
Muslim Cartoons,” The Times (UK), January 31, 2006, www.
timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article723266.ece.
17 Danish national statistics and the BBC, 2006.
18 Ford Corporation Web site, February 2006.
19 Mickey Meece, “What Do Women Want? Just Ask,” New York Times,
October 29, 2006.
20 The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Secretariat
General, library.gcc-sg.org/gccstat/educstat/ed31.htm.
21 `Izzat Sund, “Al-Mazhariyya Wafid Jadid `Ala Suluk al-Imaratiyya:
Muwatinat Ghariqat fi ‘Dulmat’ al-Duyun,” (“The appearance of a
new trend in Emirati behavior: Emirati women drown under loans”)
Kul Al Usra 688 (December 2006) 38.
22 Forbes.com, August 2006.
23 In Chapter 7, we will discuss the strategic initiatives undertaken by
GCC governments to reduce dependence on expatriate workers and
the impact of these initiatives on multinational businesses.
Multinationals must understand this trend, appreciate its
importance, and genuinely partner with local governments to help
build the local talent base.

CHAPTER 3

1 EIU and CIA World Factbook, 2007.
2 CIA World Factbook, 2007.
3 World Economic Forum on the Middle East, May 22, 2006.
4 Economist, June 10, 2006.
5 Stanley Reed, “The New Middle East Oil Bonanza,” BusinessWeek,
March 13, 2006.
6 “Recycling Petrodollars,” Economist, November 12, 2005.
7 Reed, “The New Middle East Oil Bonanza.”
8 Associated Press, “Qatar Airways Raises Airbus Order,” May 31,
2007.
9 Reed, “The New Middle East Oil Bonanza.”
10 Andrew Ross Sorkin and Michael J. de la Merced, “G.E. Nears a Deal
to Sell Plastics Unit,” New York Times, May 18, 2007.