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as consumers, 48-49, 58-61, 72, 163-166 Ford Motor Car Company, 55, 136,
Dubai liberal-lifestyle policies, 109-110 168-169, 234
GCC-China links, 89-90 Foreign Investment Act, Saudi Arabia,
GCC-Europe (UK) links, 88-90 155-156
GCC-MENA links, 82-84 Foreign workers (See Expatriates and
GCC-South Asia (India) links, 85-87 expatriate labor)
importance to local economy, 58-61 Founding of GCC, 31-33, 99-100
long-term strategy and recruiting, Four Degrees of Adaptation, 160-179
210-212 Franchise agreements, 135, 138-145
manual low-skill, 48-49, 94-95, 187, Free zones, 43, 45, 106-108, 111, 157, 254, 277
189-190, 192, 253 Fujairah Emirate, 101, 106
medium-term strategy and recruiting, Al-Futtaim, Abdulla, 142
208-210 Al-Futtaim Group, 139-142, 153
mixed labor pools, 185-187, 200-205
as necessity, 186-191 G
political rights in host country, 95-96, 186 Gap, 139, 161, 271
racism as market risk, 96-97 Gas (See Energy sector)
recruitment, 205-210, 226 GCC (See Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC])
in regional population, 59-61 GDP (gross domestic product) per capita
regulatory reform, 80 demographics, 1, 8
short-term strategy and recruiting, energy sector, 39-40, 102-104, 118-119, 187
206-208 financial sector, 121
terms of engagement, 192-195 global economy, 3-4
vs. workforce nationalization, 195-200 Gulf cluster, 3-4, 21-22, 28, 30, 46-47,
(See also Human capital strategies) 65-67, 81, 216, 269-270
Experience, expatriate recruiting, Levant cluster, 21-22, 28, 81, 269
206-208 North Africa cluster, 7, 21-22, 27-28, 81,
Extremism, 64, 94, 116 269
Saudi Arabia, 9, 87, 112, 188, 279
F services sector, 125
Fast-food restaurants, 50-51 in US and EU, 46-47, 188
Financial sector and banking General Electric (GE), 68, 119, 210-212, 214,
Bahrain, 10-11, 120-122, 218, 224-225, 229, 237-238, 254, 277, 292
234, 237 Al-Ghunaim, Maha, 58, 123
business support, 256 Gillette, 168-169
financial services, 117, 119 Global brands/business, 39, 49-54, 156-160
foreign ownership rights and free global business strategies (See specific topics)
zones, 107 Global Investment House, 58
Islamic nations, 88 Global organizational standards,
Kuwait, 123 maintenance of, 281-283
Lebanon, 10, 25, 121 Goldman Sachs, 45, 107, 210, 226, 272
presence in region, 226-227 Governance (See Politics and governance)
private banking services, 66, 73, 163 The Gulf (al-Khaleej), three cluster model,
recruitment for, 209, 211 7-8, 21-22, 28-34
Saudia joint ventures, 135, 147-150 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Sharia-compliant, 13, 84, 88, 121, 123, 214, in broader Middle East, 19-35
220, 231-235 founding and charter, 31-33, 99-100
(See also Capital sources) in The Gulf cluster, 7-8, 31-34
First Gulf War and Kuwait invasion, 19, 24, introduction to, 1-15
34, 114, 122-124 (See also specific countries or topics)