Ford Library

Interested in Learning more about Dubai?

Additional items can be found by browsing our special feature sections at the front of the library. Click on any of the links below to check availability or place a hold.

Dubai, UAE:

• Dubai and Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States By Aamir A. Rehman
• Doing Business with the United Arab Emirates: A Guide to Investment Opportunities and Business Practice Edited by Anthony Shoult
• Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times by by Margaret K. Nydell
• How to Succeed in the Gulf: Living and Working in an Arab Culture by Patrick Macdonald
• Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking and Finance by Ioannis Akkizidis and Sunil Kumar Khandelwal
• Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success By Christopher M. Davidson
• Dubai Encounter by Lara Dunston and Terry Carter
• Time Out Dubai, Abu Dhabi & the UAE by Time Out Guides Ltd

Dubai DVDs and Audiobooks:

• The Essentials of the Islamic Faith by M. Fethullah Gulen; read by Lee Crooks. Audiobook
• 60 minutes — Dubai, Inc. by CBS Broadcasting Inc.; Steve Kroft; produced by Harry A. Radcliffe, II. Academic DVD
• Dubai by Vista Point; distributed by Travelvideostore.com Academic DVD
• United Arab Emirates by Vista Point; distributed by Travelvideostore.com Academic DVD
• The Qur’an by Bruce Lawrence Audiobook

With the Fuqua School developing an MBA program in Dubai, I thought it would be interesting to look at the top 10 companies in the area:

1. Emirates – airline, est. sales $7,798,600,000
2. Emaar Properties – real estate, est. sales $4,783,6000,000
3. ETA ASCON Group – diversified, est. sales $4,000,000,00
4. National Bank of Dubai (NBD) – financial services, est. sales $2,860,300,000
5. DP World Ltd – marine terminal development and operations, est. sales 2,731,400,000
6. Jumbo Electronics – electronic and appliance retailer, est. sales $2,000,0000,000
7. Dodsal Group – energy and infrastructure development, est. sales $2,000,000,000
8. Mashreqbank – financial services, est. sales $1,819,500,000
9. Dubai Islamic Bank, financial services, est. sales $1,636,100,000
10. Emirates Bank International – financial services, est. sales $1,560,200,000

If you would like to know more about these companies, contact us at: reference-librarians@fuqua.duke.edu.