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:IntroductionThe Bazaar EconomySuccessor to the Omani Empire:The Context for Business in OmanSuccessor to the Persian Empire:The Context for Business in IranSuccessors to the Russian Empire:The Context for Business in ArmeniaThe Context for Business in AzerbaijanThe Context for Business in GeorgiaSuccessors to the Ottoman Province of Cyprus, an Early British Protectorate:The Context for Business in CyprusThe Context for Business in Northern CyprusSuccessors to Other Early British Protectorates:The Context for Business in YemenThe Context for Business in BahrainThe Context for Business in KuwaitThe Context for Business in QatarSuccessor to the Durrani Empire, Buffer between British India and the Russian Empire:The Context for Business in AfghanistanSuccessor to the Ottoman Empire:The Context for Business in TurkeySuccessor to the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration:The Context for Business in IraqSuccessors to the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon:The Context for Business in LebanonThe Context for Business in SyriaSuccessors to the British Mandate for Palestine:The Context for Business in JordanThe Context for Business in IsraelThe Context for Business in PalestineSuccessor to the Rashidun Caliphate:The Context for Business in Saudi ArabiaSuccessors to Trucial Sheikhdoms:The Context for Business in United Arab EmiratesA 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 photographsProvides an insight into business in the Western Asian context, which has been less researchedDiscusses lesser known schools of thought