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H IKEA, 72, 141-143, 161, 271
Hajj, 44, 87, 112 Immelt, Jeff, 292
Halliburton, 63-64, 276-277, 289-290, 297 Income (See Socioeconomic status and
Havas Group, 181 income level)
Hawaa World, 52-53 India, 1, 3-4, 46-47, 65, 67, 85-87, 92, 281, 293
Head office awareness of GCC, 287-299 Industrial sector, 43, 253-255
integration into corporate strategy, 299 Inflation, 15, 49, 216
low levels, 14-15, 287-291 Infrastructure, operations/logistics
one-time events, 291-293 strategies, 41-42, 105-106, 242-248,
raising levels within organization, 263-265
291-299 Institutional will, Engagement Spectrum,
regular events, 291, 293-295 151-152
reporting lines, 296-297 Insurance, Sharia-compliant, 232
strategic planning cycle, 294-295 Interest, Sharia ruling, 231
systemic changes, 291, 296-299 International Journal of Advertising,
Hezbollah, 25, 82 170-173
High Engagement Spectrum strategies, 136, International Monetary Fund (IMF), 4, 41,
154-157 84, 216
Hijaz, Saudi Arabia, 112 Internet, censored, 280
Historical view of GCC countries, 9-11, Interpublic, 180
99-127 Investment capital (See Capital sources)
H&M, 72, 87, 176 Iran, 19-20, 23-24, 31-32, 93
Al-Hokair Group, 138 Iraq
Hospitality and tourism sector, 43-44, 81-82, First Gulf War and Kuwait invasion, 19,
88-89 24, 34, 114, 122-124
HSBC, 11, 147-148, 150, 168-169, 180, Iraq War and War on Terror, 19-20, 81, 89,
193-194, 214, 220 93, 118, 223
Hu Jintao, 90 Levant cluster, 6-7, 21, 23-24, 28-29,
Human capital strategies, 185-212 81, 269
“backfill” imperative, 188-189 risks from, 31-32, 93
labor nationalization and demographic Islam
pressures, 195-200 Danish cartoon boycott, 53-54
long-term investment, 210-212 expatriate recruiting, 207-208
medium-term, 208-210 extremism, 64, 94, 116
merging local and expatriate talent, 12, in GCC and MENA, 31, 83
185-187 as GCC-Asian link, 87-88
mixed labor pools, 185-187, 200-205 Islamic Law, 115-116
Public Relations Officer (PRO), 260-263 Levant cluster, 23
recruitment, 205-212 Saudi Arabia as capital of, 87-88, 113,
reliance on expatriate labor, 187-194 115-116
short-term strategy, 206-208 Sharia-compliant finance, 13, 84, 88, 121,
(See also Expatriates and expatriate labor; 123, 214, 220, 231-235
Workforce) South Asian expatriates, 85
Human Rights Watch, 94, 283 workweeks, 257-260
Humanitarian aid, GCC-MENA links, 84-85 Islamic Development Bank (IBD), 84
Hussein, Saddam, 19, 24, 114, 123 Israel, 20, 23, 25, 82, 84

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IBM, 136, 256, 277 Jamil, Abdul Latif, 131, 274
Ijara (leasing), Sharia-compliant, 232 Japan, 78, 222, 234-235