| Vorliegende Sprache |
eng |
| Hinweise auf parallele Ausgaben |
373774974 Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe): ‡¬The¬ GCC economies |
| ISBN |
978-1-4614-1610-4 |
| Name |
Ramady, Mohamed A. |
| T I T E L |
¬The¬ GCC Economies |
| Zusatz zum Titel |
Stepping Up To Future Challenges |
| Verlagsort |
New York, NY |
| Verlag |
Springer New York |
| Erscheinungsjahr |
2012 |
| 2012 |
| Umfang |
Online-Ressource (XLIX, 324p. 29 illus, digital) |
| Reihe |
SpringerLink. Bücher |
| Notiz / Fußnoten |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Weiterer Inhalt |
The GCC Economies; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Overview; Part I: Regional Structural Reforms and Engines of Change; Chapter 1: Working for a Sustainable GCC Future: Reflections on Policies and Practices; Introduction; From Desert to Skyscrapers; Beyond Oil; Foreign and National Labor: Getting the Balance Right; Taking Care of Education; Investments and Cooperation; Conclusions; Chapter 2: Deepening the GCC Debt Markets: The Saudi Arabian Experience; Characteristics of Debt Instruments and Markets; Islamic Banking and Debt Markets; The Sukuk Market. Obstacles and Constraints Hindering Growth in the Saudi Debt MarketStandardization and Establishment of a Legal Framework; Limited Investor Base and Lack of Liquidity; Listing on Organized Exchanges; Rating; Lack of Active Market Makers (Dealers); Absence of a Risk-Free Yield Curve; Development of a Securitized Mortgage Market; Conclusions; Chapter 3: GCC Economic Integration: Statistical Harmonization for an Effective Monetary Union; Introduction; The Need for a Monetary Union; Common Features Among the GCC Countries; Business Cycle Harmonization; Stable Exchange Rates. The Importance of Economic ConvergenceImportance of Prerequisite Nominal Criteria; EMU: An Example of Convergence Criteria; Research Methodology and Data; Conversion Rate of the New Gulf Currency; Robustness of the New Currency Rate; Research Findings; Long-Run Relationships; Short-Run Relationships; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4: E-Learning in the Arab Gulf: Responding to the Changing World of Education; E-Learning Context Worldwide; E-Learning in the Arab World; E-Learning in GCC countries; Features Influencing the Potential for E-Learning; Implementation Dilemmas; Future Challenges. Cultural DynamicsTraditional Social Networks; Online Communication; Cultural Key Dimensions; Next Generation of E-Learners; Online Social Networks; Access to E-Learning; Credibility of Online Content; Language Barrier; Crisis in Pedagogy and Identity; The Impact of Innovations; Conclusions; Part II: Sustainable Security: Oil, Renewable Energy and Food; Chapter 5: Energy Security in the EU from GCC Perspective; Introduction; EU Energy Supply and Demand; Energy Security in the EU; EU-GCC Equal Opportunities; Conclusions. Chapter 6: Going Nuclear in the GCC Countries: Rationale, Challenges, and PoliticsApplications of Nuclear Power in the GCC Countries; Country-Specific Analysis; Kuwait; Qatar; UAE; Saudi Arabia; Oman; Bahrain; The Rationale for Diversification; The Impact of the Fukushima Incident; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Meeting the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Challenges in GCC Economies: Masdar Initiative Case Study; Introduction; Triple Bottom Line Context of GCC Renewable Energy and Energy Security Priorities; Building Sustainable Development Knowledge and Capacity in the GCC Region. Meeting the Global Climate Change and Sustainability Challenges |
| Titelhinweis |
Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe): ‡¬The¬ GCC economies |
| ISBN |
ISBN 978-1-4614-1611-1 |
| Klassifikation |
KCP |
| POL024000 |
| 338.9 |
| 338.9536 |
| HD87-87.55 |
| QG 810 |
| Kurzbeschreibung |
Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Overview -- Mohamed A. Ramady -- Part 1 Regional Structural Reforms and Engines of Change -- 1 Working for a Sustainable GCC Future: Reflections on Policies and Practices, Nabil Sultan -- 2 Deepening the GCC Debt Market: The Saudi Arabia Experience, Abraham Abraham, and Fazal Seyyed -- 3 GCC economic integration: statistical harmonization for an effective Monetary Union, Ikhlaas Gurrib -- 4 E-Learning in the Arab Gulf: Responding to the Changing World of Education, Nabil Sultan, Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Christopher Davidson, Alain Sentini, and David Weir -- Part II Sustainable Security: Oil, Renewable Energy and Food -- 5 Energy Security in the EU from the GCC’s Perspective, Mohammed A. Alsahlawi -- 6 Going Nuclear in the GCC countries -Rationale, Challenges and Politics, Ashutosh Sharma, Nabil Sultan and David Weir -- 7 Meeting the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Challenges in GCC Economies: MASDAR Initiative Case Study, Toufic Mezher and Jacob Park -- 8 Food Security in the GCC Economies, Andy Spiess -- Part III Regional Risk, Global Competitiveness and Economic Diversification -- 9 GCC Country Risk Analysis, Hassan El Sady -- 10 The Macroeconomic Competitiveness of the GCC Economies, Ahmed Khalifa -- 11 GCC Intellectual Property Regimes: Global Harmonization or Regional Integration?, David Price -- 12 Economic Diversification in Saudi Arabia: The Need for Improving Competitiveness for Sustainable Development, M. Sadiq Sohail -- 13 Successful Outward FDI investments: Saudi Lessons and Recommendations, Marwan Al Qur’an -- 14 Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia: A Competitiveness Analysis, Mohammad H. Akhtar -- Part IV Corporate Governance, Transparency and Private Sector Operating Environment -- 15 Corporate Disclosure and Reporting Practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Haidar H. Madani -- 16 Corporate Governance regulations - The Experience of Saudi Arabia, Nadia Anani -- 17 An analysis of entrepreneurship characteristics in Saudi Arabia, Hazbo Skoko -- 18 The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Motivation among Women: A Comparative Study of Businesswomen in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Mohammed Sadi and Basheer Al-Ghazali -- 19 Influencing Factors Model of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Hazbo Skoko -- Part V Investing Surplus Wealth: GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF’s) -- 20 GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds: Challenges, Opportunities and Issues Arising from their Growing Presence on the Global Landscape, Ruth Rios-Morales, Mohamed A. Ramady, and Louis Brennan -- 21 The Misconceptions in the West regarding the Gulf Region Sovereign Wealth Funds, Behzad Shahandeh -- 22 The Governance of Sovereign Wealth Funds from the GCC in an International Perspective, Sven Behrendt -- 23 Putting Sovereign Wealth Funds to Good Use: Strategic Options for SWFs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region, Mohammed Salisu and Nahed Taher -- Bibliography -- Index |
| 2. Kurzbeschreibung |
The ‘Arab Spring’ of 2011 has affected the countries of the region to varying degrees, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain. The GCC has become a significant regional bloc playing a vital economic and political role far beyond its shores, given its geopolitical strategic location, a preponderance of global energy reserves and a major international player through the use of accumulated financial reserves. A new Gulf is rising, one that is more self assertive, looking to expand its membership to other Arab countries such as Jordan and Morocco, while at the same time strengthening the bloc’s relationship with current and emerging trading and strategic partners in Europe, USA and Asia. Regional and international realities, especially the uncertainties unleashed by the ‘Arab Spring’, are forcing Gulf leadership to initiate new policies involving closer cooperation amongst GCC countries to address emerging challenges. This volume brings together thirty renowned academics and specialists to examine a range of multifaceted social, political and economic issues facing the GCC in key areas |
| 1. Schlagwortkette |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| Wirtschaftskooperation |
| Wirtschaftspolitik |
| ANZEIGE DER KETTE |
Gulf Cooperation Council -- Wirtschaftskooperation -- Wirtschaftspolitik |
| 2. Schlagwortkette |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| Wirtschaftskooperation |
| Wirtschaftspolitik |
| ANZEIGE DER KETTE |
Gulf Cooperation Council -- Wirtschaftskooperation -- Wirtschaftspolitik |
| SWB-Titel-Idn |
365268194 |
| Signatur |
Springer E-Book |
| Bemerkungen |
Elektronischer Volltext - Campuslizenz |
| Elektronische Adresse |
$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1611-1 |
| Internetseite / Link |
Volltext |
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