The GCC Economies

1. Working for a Sustainable GCC Future: Reflections on Policies and Practices
Nabil Sultan

2. Deepening the GCC Debt Markets: The Saudi Arabian Experience
Abraham Abraham, Fazal J. 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 Bunt-Kokhuis, Christopher Davidson, Alain Sentini, David Weir

5. Energy Security in the EU from GCC Perspective
Mohammed Al-Sahlawi

6. Going Nuclear in the GCC Countries: Rationale, Challenges, and Politics
Ashutosh Sharma, Nabil Sultan, David Weir

7. Meeting the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Challenges in GCC Economies: Masdar Initiative Case Study
Toufic Mezher, Jacob Park

8. Food Security in the GCC Economies
Andy Spiess

9. GCC Country Risk Analysis
Hassan Mounir Sady, Hassan Mounir Sady

10. Macroeconomic Competitiveness of the GCC Economies
Ahmed A. A. Khalifa

11. The 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 Foreign Direct Investment: Saudi Lessons and Recommendations
Marwan N. Al Qur’an

14. Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia: A Competitiveness Analysis
Mohammad Hanif Akhtar

15. Corporate Disclosure and Reporting Practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
Haider Madani

16. Corporate Governance Regulation: 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
Muhammad A. Sadi, Basheer M. Al-Ghazali

19. Influencing Factors Model of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Hazbo Skoko

20. GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds: Challenges, Opportunities, and Issues Arising from Their Growing Presence on the Global Landscape
Ruth Rios-Morales, Mohamed A. Ramady, Louis Brennan

21. The Misconceptions Regarding the GCC 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 GCC Region
Mohammed Salisu, Nahed Taher

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Economic Policy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management