Economy September 2010 UAE Economic Outlook 2010 UAE Economic Outlook 2010 GDP expected to grow in 2010 Inflation expected to drop to 0.4% in 2010 UAE struggled to post a budget surplus in 2009 Dubai World reaches agreement to restructure its debt UAE GDP expected to grow by 0.6% in 2010 The global recession, which started in Q4-2008, halted UAE‟s economic growth significantly. After a 7.5% growth in real GDP in 2008, UAE‟s GDP increased by only 1.3% to reach AED515bn in 2009
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Situation Analysis Social/Cultural: Sociocultural segment is concerned with a society’s attitudes and cultural values. Attitudes and values form the cornerstone of a society and they often drive demographic, economic, political/legal, and technological conditions and changes. The social factor affects EPCL in a way that the international economy has just shown some signs of economic recovery, whereas, Pakistan is still passing through tough liquidity crunch and financial crisis due to the recent
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countries despite the implementation of the GAFTA a decade ago. The GCC trade with the European Union and the US was found to be quite intensive although no formal trade arrangement existed between the GCC and both blocs for the time-period used in the analysis. The results suggest that the newly signed trade arrangements are promising in enhancing new opportunities of trade in the GCC region. *Corresponding address: Dr. Houcine Boughanmi, Associate Professor, Sultan Qaboos University College of Agricultural
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very well financially, it is not immune the pressure of external forces and following section highlights some of the external forces impact on RIM. The PEST analysis and SWOT analysis provides an insight in to the factors which will affect the industry which in turn will also affect the companies that operate within the industry. PEST analysis: • Political The fairly friendly political climate in North America especially in USA has helped the smart phone industry especially RIM to flourish
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The effect of the board of directors’ characteristics on corporate social responsibility disclosure by Islamic banks: evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries Abdullah Awadh Bukair and Azhar Abdul Rahman Abstract Corporate social activities have become major subjects because of their effects on the quality life of citizens, in particular, and on the society at large. Therefore, today, there is an increase awareness of social responsibility due to the challenges meeting the financial institutions
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Introduction Organizations are forced to understand the importance of the human capital. The current state of the competition which is spreading in all directions compels a company to ensure that it develops, fosters, and trains its personnel to ensure that they are in the best possible situation to tackle the challenges which are becoming so evident in the world of business today. (Fink, 2013) Despite this growing awareness there examples of organizations struggling to use their employees for
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Situation Analysis Introduction The Cheesecake Factory was founded in 1978 by David Overton in Beverley Hills, CA. There are now approximately 150 locations in the United States. As of 2010, there were 31,500 employees. The Cheesecake Factory’s philosophies and goals, summed up: • Serve generous portions • Maintain an inventive menu containing selections made fresh with quality ingredients • Offer a warm and casually comfortable setting Financial Performance • Regarding expansion of the
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investigate the relationship between Job satisfaction and employees’ motivation along with communication within an organization. To achieve that objective, Dubai Police Force (DPF) was chosen as subject for this study. DPF where people from different cultural backgrounds, ages, years of experience, genders, educational level and many other characteristics interact. This interaction makes both of communication and motivation deviate from an employee to another. DPF has a sensitive and critical function
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their traditional royal families that were arbitrarily picked by British imperial interest – Saudi Arabia (the Al Saud family), Oman (the Al Said family), Kuwait (the Al Sabah family), Bahrain (the Al Khalifa family), Qatar (the Al Thani family), and UAE (a federation of seven sheikdoms). After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the traditional royal families in the Gulf States fell under British control, which sought to secure the route to India and pledged to protect the Gulf region from external
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MTV Networks: The Arabian Challenge TEACHING NOTE ABSTRACT MTV Networks (MTVN) had over the years developed a reputation for its ability to provide localized content without diluting what MTV stood for. However, the company faced the most challenging test in late 2007 with its launch of MTV Arabia in the Middle East, which some experts considered as the biggest launch in the channel’s history. While the market in the Middle East offered MTVN with huge opportunities due to its huge youth
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