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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Arab Gulf"”.
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Construction insurance in the Arab Gulf area : An analysis of cover and contracts
… with the insurance covers of projects in the Arab Gulf Area. An attempt to investigate such problems and recommend solutions thereto is given in this thesis. The investigation started by a study of the economic and the legal background, the legal liabilities of the parties to the construction …
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The Arab Gulf development funds: an analysis of their legal structure and operations
… three bilateral aid funds : the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, (KFAED), the Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development, (ADFAED), and the Saudi Fund for Development, (SFD), which were established in 1961, 1971 and 1974 respectively. It also analyses the multi-lateral Arab Fund for …
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Beyond Western fashion sustainability: A case study of the Bahraini, Arab Gulf context
As the countries of the Arab Gulf aspire to construct viable post-oil economies, sustainability is becoming a strategic priority for governments in the region. This study explores Design for Sustainability (DfS) within the Bahraini fashion context, addressing existing frameworks within DfS in …
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An ecological systems theory approach to academic acculturation of female international students from the Arab Gulf
… of female international graduate students from Arab Gulf countries explores their experiences of academic acculturation to their graduate programs, university, and community, and uses Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model as a framework to understand these experiences. Data was collected …
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Mobile Augmented Reality for Smart Tourism: Reviving Modern Architectural Heritage and Urban Spaces of Arab Gulf States
The cities of the Arab Gulf States have gone through an immense architectural and urban change in a manner that would allow them to compete among the top cities of the world and become a place of destination and financial prosperity. Among these Gulf cities, the capital city of Abu Dhabi in the …
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The parliamentary experience in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States : a step towards democracy; facts and ambitions
Literature on legislatures in developing countries shows two opposing views on their effectiveness and efficiency. In the light of these views, this study chronicles the rise of the GCC States' assemblies, focusing on their role, structure, legitimacy and mechanism, as well as their relevance and …
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Exploring International Trade between Malaysia and GCC Countries: Empirical Analysis on Trends, Developments and Challenges
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the largest economic group in the Middle Eastern region and rank seventeenth in the global economy. The establishment of a GCC custom union in 2003 that led to a flat rate of imports tax between 0 and 5 percent has encouraged a number of economic groups such as …
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A Study of Developing Secondary Industry In the Arab World Based on Joint-Venture Between Kuwait and Morocco
… of surplus capital from the oil producing Arab Gulf States has allowed joint ventures to become an economic reality and important Arab World phenomenon. Using appropriate methodology, projections have been made of population growth, petrochemical production levels and per capita income with …
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RELIGION, CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF ISLAM AND SAUDI CULTURE ON HRM PRACTICES OF INDIGENOUS AND FOREIGN OWNED AND MANAGED CORPORATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA
… into the world of beliefs and values of Saudi Arabia’s organisations, people and society at large, and how these influence and shape HRM practices and the employment relationship in the country. Designed as a single country case study, the dissertation uses a multi-case research design where …
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Children's drama : technical and educational approaches to the development of TV and theatre drama in Oman
… order to do so, the origins and development of Arab and Omani theatre and T.V. are traced, the goals of the Omani development strategy and the expected roles of theatre and T.V. are discussed, and examples of good practice from the Arab world and the West are considered.The work is qualitative …
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Politics, terrorism and the news media: a case study of Saudi Arabia (2006-2007).
… chooses to examine the ways in which the Saudi Arabian national media have treated terrorism news between the period 2006-2007, given the complex position of Saudi Arabia in relation to Islamist terrorism. Therefore, it will focus its theoretical part on examining the political, economic, …
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Exploring the emergence of an incipient English Pidgin in Kuwait: A continuum of bilingual behaviour
… of increasing linguistic hybridity in the Arab Gulf state of Kuwait. With an Arabic-speaking country hosting to an influx of migrant workers since the 1960’s, a foundation for language contact was created. Despite the literature presenting pidginization as an extreme form of language …
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Saba George Shiber's Kuwaitopolis And The Emergence Of The Arab Urban-Architect
This dissertation tells the story of an Arab architect and planner through the (re)development of Kuwait City from a medieval seaport town to a metropolitan city. During his relatively short practice in Kuwait, Saba George Shiber (1924–1968) conceptualized the idea of the Arab metropolis and …
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Branch Campus Classroom Expectations: An Ethnographic Study of Transnational Faculty and Students in Qatar
… and learning and educational technology in Arab Gulf nations is critically reviewed for this study. The study had four phases of data collection: (1) an initial online questionnaire about cultural differences in teaching and learning based on Hofstede’s (1986) work (faculty n = 20, students …
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Alliance formation and political fragmentation in the Arab world.
… formation and political fragmentation in the Arab world and particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from 1945-1990 were not treated sufficiently in the general theoretical works surveyed. A host of new propositions dealing with the dichotomy of alliances and their fragmentation are …
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THE INTERNATIONALISATION DECISION OF THE ENDOWED SME
… the richest if not the wealthiest country in the Arab Gulf region. More specifically, the case study research investigates how operating in resource-abundant conditions affects specific aspects of the internationalisation decision such as selection of market, entry modes and internationalisation …
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Equal employment opportunity in public office in principle and practice : an empirical study of the Omani civil service.
… practitioners of public administration in the Arab Gulf region in particular, and developing countries in general.
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Exploring the local community perceptions of event tourism socio-cultural impacts: a case of the Salalah Tourism Festival, Salalah city, Oman.
… mainly Omanis and nationals from neighbouring Arab Gulf countries. As the number of festival visitors has been progressively growing, the local community of Salalah started to experience a number of conflicting socio-cultural impacts that evidently increase during the festival's period (e.g. …
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