• World Expo a go-go?

  There’s a lot riding on Dubai’s bid to win the right to host the World Expo in 2020, and I don’t mean...

• Safety rules over company culture

  Company culture has more impact on work place safety than national cultures, says CMME’s International Editor Stian Overdahl. Construction companies and work...

• Subaru Emirates Bro-Gate is a warning for sector

  When your company is in trouble you better be aware of it and you better be sure the person facing the flak...

• Lessons from Saudi’s labour crisis

  There is estimated to be 12 million expatriates to be working in Saudi Arabia, or at least there used to be. Official...

• The long road for Chinese manufacturers

  Stian Overdahl says that some Chinese companies are disadvantaged by the need to invest significantly to build their presence in the Gulf.  . It was on...

• Here comes the son

  Last month saw Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani pass on the prime ministerial reigns to his 33 year old...

• Why Saudi Arabia is changing

  The CMME team has been out in force across Saudi Arabia over the last two months as we put the finishing touches...

• Riding the fiscal elevator

  While celebrating the close of 2012 and the start of 2013, I was speaking to a newcomer to the Gulf who had...

• Time to party like it’s 2008?

  Do you remember 2008? When everything seemed possible and the roads of Dubai appeared to be paved with gold or was it...

• Am I driving safely? Well, no.

  Relative to most of the other people in our offices, I live out in the sticks on the very outskirts of Dubai....

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