UNDERSTANDING CONTEXTS OF BUSINESS IN WESTERN ASIA

Not one size fits all. Yet, some books teach business with minimal focus on the context for business. In reality, firms — large and small — are highly affected by the context in which they operate; yet, context is not uniformly conceptualized, theorized, and operationalized by scholars of business and management. While most theories have come from developed countries with bountiful contexts, the diverse contexts of Western Asia are little understood. Religious factors are profoundly dominant in Western Asia, and businesses in this diverse area operate with considerations that are rarely considered in research. This book reveals a variety of schools of thought that have molded several business models and mechanisms, which are, to some extent, different from the context of Western economies.

Contents:

• The Context:
  • Introduction
  • The Bazaar Economy
• Successor to the Omani Empire:
  • The Context for Business in Oman
• Successor to the Persian Empire:
  • The Context for Business in Iran
• Successors to the Russian Empire:
  • The Context for Business in Armenia
  • The Context for Business in Azerbaijan
  • The Context for Business in Georgia
• Successors to the Ottoman Province of Cyprus, an Early British Protectorate:
  • The Context for Business in Cyprus
  • The Context for Business in Northern Cyprus
• Successors to Other Early British Protectorates:
  • The Context for Business in Yemen
  • The Context for Business in Bahrain
  • The Context for Business in Kuwait
  • The Context for Business in Qatar
• Successor to the Durrani Empire, Buffer between British India and the Russian Empire:
  • The Context for Business in Afghanistan
• Successor to the Ottoman Empire:
  • The Context for Business in Turkey
• Successor to the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration:
  • The Context for Business in Iraq
• Successors to the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon:
  • The Context for Business in Lebanon
  • The Context for Business in Syria
• Successors to the British Mandate for Palestine:
  • The Context for Business in Jordan
  • The Context for Business in Israel
  • The Context for Business in Palestine
• Successor to the Rashidun Caliphate:
  • The Context for Business in Saudi Arabia
• Successors to Trucial Sheikhdoms:
  • The Context for Business in United Arab Emirates
• A New Paradigm:
  • The New Economy with Aspects of the Bazaar

Readership: Undergraduate and post-graduate students who are interested in studying or doing business in the Middle East/Western Asia. Researchers who are interested to make comparative studies. Entrepreneurs who would like to initiate their entrepreneurial activities in Western Asia.

Key Features:

• Fully illustrated with relevant photographs
• Provides an insight into business in the Western Asian context, which has been less researched
• Discusses lesser known schools of thought