Tesis profesional presentada por Carlos José Mendieta Hernández [carlos.mendietahz@udlap.mx]

Miembro del Programa de Honores. Licenciatura en Administración de Negocios Internacionales. Departamento de Administración de Negocios Internacionales. Escuela de Negocios y Economía, Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Jurado Calificador

Director: Dr. Raúl Bringas Nostti
Presidente: Dr. Manuel Francisco Suárez Barraza
Secretario: Dr. Michiel Frederick Coetzer

Cholula, Puebla, México a 6 de diciembre de 2022.

Palabras clave: Cultural features to consider when doing business with the member countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.

Table of content

Portada

Índices

Introduction

  • 1 Justification
  • 2 Objectives
  • 3 Theorical Framework
  • 4 Methodology
  • 5 Results

Capítulo 1. Arab countries of the Persian Gulf

  • 1.1 The Arab countries of the Persian Gulf
  • 1.2 The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
  • 1.3 Gulf Arab countries culture
  • 1.4 Socioeconomic data of the Arab countries of the Gulf

Capítulo 2. Western Companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

  • 2.1 The Western Companies in the Persian Gulf
  • 2.2 Western companies? relation with Gulf Arab customers
  • 2.3 Positioned Western Companies in the GCC
  • 2.4 How current Western companies in the region operate

Capítulo 3. Corporate Culture in the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

  • 3.1 Hofstede dimensions in the GCC countries
  • 3.2 Gulf Arab countries corporate culture
  • 3.3 Labor context in the member countries of the Council

Capítulo 4. Corporate strategies for Western Companies to succeed when doing business with the Gulf Cooperation Council

  • 4.1 Taking a Western company into the GCC countries
  • 4.2 Doing business in the Gulf Cooperation Council
  • 4.3 Opportunities for Western Companies in the Arab Countries of the Gulf

Capítulo 5. Conclusion

Referencias

Annex I. Interest Rate from June to July 2022 among GCC countries

Annex II. Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates

Annex III. Islamic Holidays

Annex IV. Seaports in the GCC countries

Annex V. Brands names translated in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

Mendieta Hernández, C. J. 2022. Cultural features to consider when doing business with the member countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Tesis Licenciatura. Administración de Negocios Internacionales. Departamento de Administración de Negocios Internacionales, Escuela de Negocios y Economía, Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Diciembre. Derechos Reservados © 2022.