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MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenge
Author: Purkayastha, D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008
Music Television Networks (MTVN) had developed over the years a reputation for its ability to provide localized content without diluting what MTV stood for.
The International Investor: Islamic Finance and the Equate Project
Authors: Millet, Mathew M.; Esty, Benjamin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1999
Equate Petrochemical Co. (Equate) is a joint venture between Union Carbide Corp. and Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC) for the construction of a $2 billion petrochemical plant in Kuwait. The sponsors began construction in August 1994 using a bridge loan and are in search of permanent, non-recourse finance...
The Sekem Initiative
Authors: Seelos, Christian; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
"The Sekem Initiative" portrays a complex set of circumstances that frames Sekem's decisions to further grow and develop the initiative along its historical path of holistic development in the social, economic and cultural spheres...
International Marketing Ethics From An Islamic Perspective: A Value-Maximization Approach
Authors: Saeed, Mohammad; Ahmed, Zafar; Mukhtar, Syeda-Masooda
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 32, Issue 2.
Publication Year: 2001
This article discusses the characteristics, capabilities, and strengths of the Islamic ethical framework for international marketing.
Exporting American Culture
Authors: Useem, Jerry; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1995
A large entertainment company, extensively criticized for producing violent, offensive, and anti-social material, is considering whether to sell its material to a semi-illegal operation that is beaming satellite TV into Turkey. The opportunity raises many questions about cultural sensitivities and the concept of American cultural imperialism around the globe, especially in the traditional Muslim Middle East...
The Dubai Ports World Debacle and its Aftermath
Author: Rotemberg, Julio J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
DP World obtained clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States before P&O shareholders approved the deal in February 2006. Nonetheless, a ruckus over port security erupted both in Congress and in the press and this ruckus led DP World to promise that it would relinquish the U.S. terminals of P&O.
Management of an Ethics Based International Development Finance Institution: The Case of Islamic Development Bank
Author: Anwar, Syed A.
Product Type:
Source: University of Sharjah
Publication Year: 2001
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Saudi Arabia has carved out a niche for itself by designing financial instruments and approaches based on ethics and Islamic law. The objective of this case study is to highlight the case of a unique organization aimed at contributing to economic development through non-conventional (Islamic) methods of financing and with the Islamic management styles.
Caspian Oil and the Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline: International Relations Meets International Business
Authors: Horton, Raymond D.; Ruseckas, Laurent
Product Type: Cases
Source: Columbia University
Publication Year: 2000
The central issue is whether the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), an international oil consortium developing oil in the Caspian Sea, should build a pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, Turkey. The case describes the 'power vs profits' framework of the dispute and concludes with an interactive spreadsheet that lets users make their own assumptions about key political and economic variables that will determine AIOC's decision...
Car-Free, Solar City in Gulf Could Set a New Standard for Green Design
Author: Revkin, Andrew C.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2008
In an ever more crowded world facing environmental limits, the push is on to create entire communities with reduced needs for energy, water, land and other resources.
BOSSit
Authors: Oveissi, Ali; Linowes, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Emerging Markets Development Advisers Program
Publication Year: 2004
“You're telling me that a call center representative from India can emulate a Texan accent?” Faris asked jokingly. “Exactly! ....Now imagine if we could offer such a service for the entire Middle East from Jordan!” Maher exclaimed. After putting their idea into practice, however, the company encountered a number of problems doing business in Jordan. Paradoxically, companies on the cutting-edge ultimately rely on age-old, face-to-face, relationship-based approaches to grow their business.
RBC Financial Group - The Equator Principles in Qatargas II LNG Project
Authors: Klassen, Robert; Gancberg, Matias
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
The Royal Bank of Canada was a potential participant in a syndicated loan for a project financing venture in Qatar. The project would extract and process liquid natural gas there and transport it to the United Kingdom market. Two basic questions remained: does the Qatargas II Project make sense to RBC as it attempts to balance economic, environmental and social performance, and do the Equator Principles provide a competitive advantage?
Arla Foods and the Cartoon Crisis (A, B, C)
Authors: Lane, Henry W.; Sondergaard, Mikael; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
After a Danish newspaper publishes cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, consumers across the Middle East decide to boycott Danish goods. Arla Foods (Arla) is one of Europe's largest dairy companies. Suddenly, it finds itself caught in the middle of a crisis that appears to be beyond its control.
Eco-Tourism at the Dana Reserve
Authors: Bird, Laura; Linowes, Richard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Emerging Markets Development Advisers Program
Publication Year: 2004
The Feynan Lodge was meant to be an economically self-sustaining eco-tourism lodge after its opening, but projected staffing and operational costs were daunting.
Talisman Energy and its Sudan Investment
Authors: Burton, B; Globerman, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2005
This case focuses on executives deciding whether an investment is profitable and should be kept, or whether the ethical and/or public-relations problems make the investment too problematic.
Statoil Iran
Authors: Lane, Henry W.; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
Less than one year after being awarded a contract to develop one of the world's largest offshore petroleum fields, Statoil's future in Iran appeared to be in jeopardy. Statoil was at the center of a corruption investigation that had resulted in the resignations of three of the company's top executives, including its CEO...
Nova Biomedical and the Iran Deal
Authors: Eshghi, Golpira; Zacharakis, Andrew
Product Type: Cases
Source: North America Case Research Association, Case Research Journal; The Wilfrid Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 1998
Jim Means had made inroads into one of the last remaining big markets for blood analyzers, Iran. The deal that Jim and his colleagues brokered would generate $1.1 million up front plus an ongoing revenue stream of $300,000 every year for the foreseeable future-big numbers for NOVA Biomedical, which generated $70 million in revenues the previous year...
Saudi Arabia
Authors: Vietor, Richard; Evans, Rebecca
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Provides a vehicle to explore Islamic development and political issues within BGIE (business, government, and international economy). Set in early 2002, the case focuses on Crown Prince Abdullah's efforts to liberalize a failing rentier state, that had been dependent on petroleum for too long...
Responsible Competitiveness In The Arab World 2009
Authors: Al Abdullah, Rania, Her Majesty Queen, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; MacGillivray, Alex; Rovere, Darin; Zadek, Simon; Jebriel, Mohammad; Begley, Paul; Fanous, Ruba; Sicre, Frederic; Al Jaber, Ahmed; Abouleish, Helmy; Ghandour, Fadi; Ataya, Rabea; Ayoubi, Randa S.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: AccountAbility
Publication Year: 2009
The Arab World has an abundance of resources – natural, human and economic. The region is implementing a wide range of initiatives that are enhancing competitiveness and strengthening prospects for sustainable development at the same time. Responsible competitiveness is advancing in the Arab World. This report contains a new assessment of this linkage between enhancing competitiveness and sustainable development.
Agility
Authors: Tomasini, Rolando; Hanson, M.; Van Wassenhove, Luk
Product Type: Cases
Source: INSEAD
Publication Year: 2009
In 2006 Kuwait-based Agility joined the ranks of the top ten global logistics providers worldwide.
Coming Up - World's First 'Zero-Carbon' City
Author: Janardan, Meena
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: IPS
Publication Year: 2007
This five billion US dollar plan, which might do credit to a sci-fi film set, is envisaged for Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). When complete, in 2009, it will be the nearest thing yet to a zero-carbon, zero-waste city...
MBA George on the Horns of a Career Dilemma
Author: Abell, D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: European School of Management and Technology
Publication Year: 2006
This case asks students to consider an ethical dilemma, whereby a successful investment banker is offered higher compensation from a competitor bank, if he will bring along a selection of his current clients and team members.
Developing Civil Society
Authors: Say, Arzu Iseri; Ener, Hakan; Akkentli, Omer; Aras, Sencer
Product Type: Cases
Source: Bogazici University
Publication Year: 2004
This case outlines one of the most successful corporate social responsibility projects ever undertaken in Europe. ARGE Consulting, a boutique strategy consulting firm based in Istanbul, Turkey, has mobilised internal and external resources and built lasting partnerships in order to improve the managerial capacities of civil society organisations in Turkey.
Partnering in the Middle East
Authors: Hunsaker, Phillip; Bastian, Maria; Ayoub, Matta
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of San Diego
Publication Year: 2002
Bladeco is a United States company that has recently undertaken an international joint venture with a Saudi Arabian company, in the precision steel products market. The newly appointed Middle Eastern Manager is eager to apply his international relations skills to enhance the sales of Bladeco products in Saudi Arabia.
Capital discipline for Big Oil
Authors: Dobbs, Richard; Manson, Nigel; Nyquist, Scott
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
The oil and gas industry has a history of overinvesting at the top of a cycle. This time it should break the habit...
Management of an Ethics-Based International Development Financial Institution
Authors: Aziz Awar, Syed; Jabnoun, Naceur; Khan, Fahim
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2001
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Saudi Arabia has carved out a niche for itself by designing financial instruments and approaches based on ethics and Islamic law. These instruments have been used to provide development assistance to a cross-section of member countries many of them poor and least developed.
Radioactive: The Next Billion Mobile Users
Author: Baines, Stewart
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Futurity Media via www.Silicon.com
Publication Year: 2005
Forget the latest feature-rich smart phones - the real action is happening at the other end of the mobile phone market, says Futurity Media's Stewart Baines. All players are piling headlong into low cost mobiles in the hope that the three billion people who currently could but do not use a mobile phone will soon be able to embrace the 21st century...
Water Scarcity
Authors: Buddemeier, Florian; Busse, Sarah; Clabo, Ron; Lam, Jessica; Xue, Bridget (Yun)
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2006
This paper addresses the issue of water scarcity – a global challenge particularly pressing to the developing nations of the world. Globally, over 1 billion people lack access to clean water. According to the UN two thirds of the world population could be affected by water scarcity by 2025.
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complementary Perspective of Community and Corporate Leaders
Author: Boehm, Amnon
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business and Society Review. Vol. 107, Issue 2.
Publication Year: 2002
This article argues that to understand CSR is necessary to study the attitudes of community leaders besides those of corporate leaders.
2b Design: A Creative Social Business in Lebanon
Authors: Jamali, Dima; Tarazi, Alexandra
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
2b Design’s mission was eloquently articulated as to “restore the unseen beauty of the broken.” By the broken, it referred to the Middle East’s disappearing traditional heritage and to those people whose socioeconomic status or disabilities hindered them from leading a decent life.
Movement Began with Outrage and a Facebook Page That Gave It an Outlet
Author: Preston, Jennifer
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2011
If there is a face to the revolt that has sprouted in Egypt, it may be the face of Khaled Said. Within five days of his death, an anonymous human rights activist created a Facebook page, It became and remains the biggest dissident Facebook page in Egypt, and it has helped spread the word about the demonstrations in Egypt, which were ignited after a revolt in neighboring Tunisia toppled the government there.
The Philosopher of Progress and Prosperity
Author: Kleiner, Art
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Strategy + Business
Publication Year: 2004
What separates poor nations from wealthy ones is “the mystery of capital,” says Mr. de Soto. To solve that mystery, he argues, one must understand why it is so common for the poor in non-Western countries to be locked inside large, informal, extralegal economies where they are unable to accumulate wealth...
Attracting the Unbanked
Author: Winterboer, Tom
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Africa Investor
Publication Year: 2006
Africa has a massive unbanked rural market, with potential customers in the outer lying areas waiting for the arrival of banks that can overcome the challenges of penetrating areas where there is inadequate infrastructure and minimal distribution networks...
Mad Cows and Sane Minds: Decision-making at Adonis Meat Company
Authors: Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2006
The Adonis Meat Company is expecting a major imported shipment of beef just as the news spread that the government is about to ban all such imports from many European countries because of the fear of mad-cow disease.
The Future of Iraq Project (A, B)
Authors: Maurer, Noel ; Tarontsi, Sogomon
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
In March 2009, the government of Iraq decided to hold its first oil field auctions. The auctions were for service contracts on the country's southern oil fields; the winner would obtain the right to produce oil above a certain target for a fixed fee.
Shedding Light on the Gulf's Middle Class
Author: Zogby, James J.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The Mckinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
Little is known about the middle class in the GCC states, but a recent survey illuminates the hopes, fears, and expectations of this important segment...
How Hany El Miniawy Designs Low-cost Homes for Egypt's Poor, One Community at a Time
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Arabic Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2010
Most poor Egyptians live on the peripheries -- in the desert, in villages, on the outskirts of cities. This gives rise to a huge informal housing sector that is built without government permission. El Miniawy founded ADAPT (Appropriate Development Architecture and Planning Technologies) to build low cost homes for poor and marginalized communities in Egypt and Algeria.
Project Experience in Design & Development of Sustainable Business Practices
Author: Drobny, Neil L.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Fisher College of Business
Publication Year: 2009
This course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the design and development of sustainable business practices to fill a need articulated by an operating public or private organization.
Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems: Promoting Development in a Post-war Context
Author: Jamali, Dima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The Partnership for Lebanon (PFL), a major partnering initiative in a post war context, was initiated in September 2006 after President George W. Bush called for the assistance of U.S. companies to help in the relief and reconstruction efforts in Lebanon after the 2006 war. The five companies involved were Cisco Systems, Intel Corporation, Ghafari Inc., Occidental Petroleum and Microsoft. They leveraged their core competence under five main work streams namely emergency relief/response, job creation/private sector revival, developing ICT infrastructure, workforce training/education and developing connected communities.
Sekem- Generating Iridescence and Vitality in Egypt
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2008
Sekem was the first company to develop biodynamic farming methods in Egypt.
How Women Entrepreneurs Are Driving Business in the Middle East
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2010
Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is an Arabian princess with an entrepreneurial streak.
CEMEX's Foundations for Sustainability
Authors: Yatsko, Pamela; Raffaelli, Ryan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Discusses CEMEX's sustainability efforts. Covers acquisitions, agility, competitive strategy, emerging markets, organizational transformations.
CITC and Arthur D. Little: Deregulation and Liberalization of the Saudi Telecom Sector (A, B)
Authors: Bose, Indranil; Banerjee, Shilpi
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2009
Arthur D. Little, a global management consulting firm, was hired by CITC in 2006 to assist in the deregulation process of the Saudi telecom market.
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Authors: Mayo, Anthony J.; Nohria, Nitin; Mendhro, Umaimah; Cromwell, Johnathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid AI Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive, and economic promise.
The Market for Printing Plates in Libya
Author: Streeter, William J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The William Davidson Institute
Publication Year: 2002
Managers of a European printing plate manufacturer must decide how to handle the ethics of dealing with a corrupt Libyan government.
SABIS - A Global Educational Venture From Lebanon
Author: Isenberg, Daniel J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
Carl Bistany is struggling with how the global educational management company, SABIS, can grow 100-fold in the coming twelve years.
Employee Buyouts and Industrial Relations under Employee Ownership: A Case Study of Karabuk Steel Mill
Author: Yildirim, Engin
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Economic and Industrial Democracy (Sage), Vol. 20: 561-582
Publication Year: 1999
This article examines the employee buyout process and industrial relations under employee ownership based on the case study of the Karabuk steel mill.
Israel's Marketing Challenge
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
Israel faces a dual marketing challenge. First, similar to countries like Afghanistan and Iraq whose wars dominate the news, Israel's public perception is marked by images of violence and conflict rather than ones suggesting stability and a hospitable business environment. This leads to the second marketing challenge, that of Israeli companies striving to attract investors and customers even as they contend with a tide of negative world opinion.
Arcapita - 2002
Authors: El-Hage, Nabil N.; Pierson, Leslie S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack Islamic banking was an endangered species in the U.S. Should Arcapita change its business model, and how should it finance its growing capital needs?
Akin Ongor's Journey
Author:
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey's most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and corporate social and environmental responsibility at the bank, and his attempt to partner with an American university to establish the institute.
International Farm Equipment Co.
Authors: Lane, Henry W.; Wesley, David T.A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
One of the first companies to return to Iraq under the UN program was US-based International Farm Equipment Co. IFE had been an important supplier of agricultural equipment to Iraq until the Gulf War in 1990. Shortly after it established its Iraq office, the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture demanded a direct payment of 10 percent of all future contracts...
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