Synopses & Reviews
Over the past ten years major changes have taken place in the structure of Qatar's economy. Having once been largely dependent on oil, which inevitably meant high vulnerability to fluctuations in its price on world markets, Qatar has sought to diversify its economy by giving greater attention to its vast gas reserves and to developing major inter-related downstream industries. A program of privatization of government assets is also improving bureaucratic efficiency. These immensely strong economic fundamentals offer foreign exporters every opportunity for profitable business. The information contained in Doing Business with Qatar is designed to help international companies understand the dynamics behind the Qatari economy and to provide a clear and accessible guide to business practice and trade investment opportunities in Qatar. Topics covered include economic and business conditions; business practice and development; fiscal and regulatory frameworks; banking and financial structures; establishing a business; developing trading links; business and industrial sectors. With contributions from leading international and Qatari business people, Doing Business with Qatar is a unique resource for any company keen to explore business opportunities in this important emerging market. * Authoritative information and analysis on business climate and practice * Aimed at corporations considering trade or investment opportunities in Qatar.
Synopsis
Doing Business with Qatar aims to help international companies understand the dynamics behind the Qatari economy and to provide a clear and accessible guide to business practice and trade and investment opportunities in Qatar.
About the Author
Anthony Shoult is GMB's Middle East Series Editor. He is also Consultant Editor for the third edition of Doing Business with Saudi Arabia due to be published later in 2005. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants and Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has over 20 years' experience in management consulting, as well as extensive regional and sectoral experience in the Middle East. His main area of specialisation is the provision of strategic marketing advice to international organisations involved in industrial markets. Since 1991, he has worked on over 50 strategic marketing and project feasibility assignments in Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries. Anthony has also worked extensively in the Far East and South East Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, North and Central America and the Indian sub-continent.David Wright is Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Illinois. The recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, he has written for The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, and the African American Review. David Zoby teaches at Casper College in
Wyoming. His work has appeared in The Southern Poetry Review, the Georgia State Review, and elsewhere.
Legal Editor Susan Ellis Wild has been a practicing attorney since 1982, when she graduated with honors from George Washington University Law School. She is a litigator who is admitted to practice in several states, and frequently serves as an independent arbitrator/mediator of cases at the request of courts and private parties. She is the co-author of the Unofficial Guide® to Getting a Divorce, 2nd Edition (Wiley, 2005), which she wrote with her ex-husband. She is currently President of the Bar Association of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.