As the global economy continues on its path of integration, more Moroccan students and professionals are turning to business schools to gain an edge in competitive job markets. Enrollment in …
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Executive education in Jordan has yet to become a staple of academic institutions, but the country’s accelerating integration into the global economy means that ambitious Jordanians increasingly have to be …
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“Every degree becomes obsolete five years down the line, so you have to renew your knowledge,” said Assaad Raphael, chairman and general manager of Porsche Center Lebanon. This is why …
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Survival in the Arctic tundra requires a certain wherewithal — a variety of aptitudes that differ slightly, one might assume, from what one needs to know to live in, say, …
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Over the last two years academic specialization regarding the Middle East has moved from the humanities, which produced Arabists and the much maligned moniker of Orientalist, into the field of …
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According to a recent McKinsey report, over the next five years an estimated 300,000 executive positions will be created in the GCC. In order to get ahead in the increasingly …
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No one knows how many mines were buried beneath South Sudan’s soil during 50 years of north-south civil war. However, at least one private company has hired deminers to clear …
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As interest groups lobby for greater control over Morocco’s thriving black-market trade, officials are showing new interest in understanding the informal sector — both in order to better fight it, …
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Franchising is, without a doubt, transforming the landscape of goods and services distribution in North Africa. Morocco has been profoundly affected by the arrival of foreign franchises since it opened …
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While oil and gas continue to drive Middle Eastern growth, offering abundant liquidity and available investment capital, crude is doubtlessly finite. Much like its brethren countries to the east, the …