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Chapter 19

Business Ventures and

Financial Sector in the United
Arab Emirates

Robert Rumi nski
University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

Chapter Outline
Introduction 373 Prospects for Polish Enterprises in
Small and Medium Enterprises and the the Persian Gulf States 404
Government Financial Support 376 The Persian Gulf Markets 404
Ease of Doing Business in the UAE 379 Entry Barriers for Polish
Investment BodiesdThe Key Players Entrepreneurs on the Example of
and Contributors 381 Polish Companies of Inglot and
Legal Aspects of Conducting Business Can-Pack/Arab Can 406
Activity 382 Factors Determining the Expansion
Banking SectordThe Structure and of Polish Enterprises in the UAE 408
Recent Developments 389 Market Chances and Threats 409
Other Key Players of the Financial Arabic Investments in Poland 409
Market 398 The SWOT Analysis of the UAE
Business Cooperation Between the MarketdBusiness Perspective 410
UAE and Poland 403 Conclusions and Summary 411

INTRODUCTION
Sustainable development is widely defined as “Development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
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meet their own needs.” The United Nations has supplemented this definition
with the following statement: “At the heart of operationalising sustainable

1. Brundtland Commission, 1987, Our Common Future, Chapter 2: Towards Sustainable Devel-
opment From A/42/427. Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development
available at: http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-02.htm#I.

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