Description
The book provides a thorough analysis of strategy formulation at country and company level in Arab countries and corporations. It also deals with the issue of entrepreneurial initiative in Arab countries and issues actual practice of entrepreneurship. Role of the financial markets, especially venture capital and private equity are examined. M.S.S EL NAMAKI is a graduate of the universities of Brussels (Ph D, 1977), Erasmus (MA, 1967) and Cairo (B.Com, 1960) and MIT (Executive Program, 1982). Professor El Namaki teaches and consults on strategic thinking, entrepreneurship and international business. He is past founder and Dean of the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), Maastricht, The Netherlands (1984-2002). PART ONE: STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC THINKING A conceptual and operational framework for business strategy. Country strategic thinking Corporate strategic thinking Strategic behavior PART TWO: ENTREPRENEURSHIP A conceptual and an operational framework for entrepreneurship The personality of the Arab entrepreneur Capital and finance Strategic behavior
