The Evolution of Financing for GCC Family Businesses
Insights from Prof. Giacomo Luciani, Director of the Gulf Research Centre Foundation
Family business groups are the main pillar of the GCC private sector. They...
Family Business & The Art of Communication
There is no shortage of words on how to communicate well in family business. Enter the words "family business communication" into a Web search...
Succession Planning in GCC Family Businesses
Insights from H.E. Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, Governor of Dubai International Financial Centre
Family-controlled businesses, the second largest shareholder after the government, form the umbrella...
How to Build A Family Business That Will Endure
Successfully running a family business over several generations is a complex performance that requires expertise and flexibility on many levels in the business as...
Professionalizing the Family Business
Image Source: Pixabay via PexelsExperience of the Al Majdouie Group
It is often said, that one of the key challenges of family businesses is to...
Talent Management – Where to Start
War for Talent
The ‘War for Talent’ has been widely identified as one of the challenges which firms across all industries and nationalities probably have...
Secrets of China’s Dynamic Entrepreneurs
China's economy has experienced a transformation in the last 30 years, from total reliance on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and collectives to a mixed economy...
Expansion During Crisis – Case of the Zamil Group
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Interview with Khalid A. Al Zamil, Zamil Group
In the 1930s, a Saudi Arabian entrepreneur named Sheikh Abdullah Al-Hamad Al Zamil,...
Family Business Crisis Risk Thinking
Risk behaviour and responses to market sentiments have changed considerably since the early ramifications of the global financial crisis. While standard hedging procedures do...
