Out of the Middle East : the emergence of an Arab global business
Kamal Shair's book is a classic rags to riches story: the village boy, who with determination and education, achieves business success, wealth, more wealth, and then influence and power. What makes it unusual is that it emanates from the Arab world. Rarely among Arabs have individuals from thoroughly modest backgrounds, with no access to links, networks or connections become truly global commercial players. Shair was born in a small town in what was then Transjordan and dragged himself through school (his mother was illiterate), moved to college in Beirut, then sailed off to America (Michigan
eBook, English, 2006
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, London, New York, 2006
Biography
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9781429453691, 9781845112714, 9780857715463, 1429453699, 1845112717, 0857715461
82153390
Kidnap at the house of engineers
Gold in the mind
Of books and Beirut
Becoming an activist
Slow boat to Michigan
The key to Yale
Teaching with business in mind
First steps in a business
The business of coups
Start small, think big
Developing Jordan's economy
The six day war
Into Africa
The sustainable enterprise
The leaving of Lebanon
The secrets of winning
For king and countries
Rebuilding broken communities
Friends and mentors
High privilege
Includes index