AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INFLUENCES ON RETAIL SERVICE QUALITY: A FOCUS ON KUWAIT AND LEBANO Abstract: The Middle East is a growing and lucrative marketplace. This exploratory study examines retail service in Kuwait and Lebanon‚ regions with long histories of trade. Retail service‚ however‚ has not been well documented in this region. To our knowledge‚ this is the first study that examines customer and salespeople perceptions of service encounters in these countries‚ in light of their culture
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Cultures of the East and West “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people” – Mahatma Gandhi. Culture is the arts and the other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Born and raised in Bahrain and then later shifting to the US‚ I have experienced and observed the elements of Middle Eastern and Western culture. Traditionally these two cultures are different‚ beautifully unique‚ and they still share the same definition of culture. After
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Market Potential of E-10 & combined revenues in major regions for 5 yrs Region Estimated Market Estimated Revenues Potential of E-10 (units) (in US $) Rank Africa 263962 43‚553‚702 6 Europe 1546292 255‚138‚149 4 Middle-East 3270544 539‚639‚834 3 Rest of Asia 3615813 596‚609‚109 2 North America 3730162 615‚476‚758 1 Latin America 74‚390‚358 5 450850 Estimated Market Potential of E-10 & combined revenues in major regions for
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critics are. Critics voiced that Disney produced a film that supported the stereotypical views of the Middle East. Western culture believes that women in Saudi Arabia are mistreated by their husbands and seen as inferior. The focus of this article (Disney’s Magic Carpet Ride: Aladdin and the Women in Islam by Christiane Staninger) is on the misinterpretations we as Americans may have about Middle Eastern women using views of professional critics and a group of eighth grade girls with Jasmine from
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against the continual spread of communism. He said‚ “The reason for Russia’s interest in the Middle East is solely that of power politics. Considering her announced purpose in communizing the world‚ it is easy to understand her hope of dominating the Middle East.” In order to combat Soviet expansion similar to the Easter Block of Europe‚ the President proposed large amounts of funding to strengthen Middle Eastern governments in economic and military needs‚ and pledged his support by committing to
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post-modernism and the rejection of spatial emphasis‚ through the heightened interconnectivity that comprehensively covers our world (Ó Tuathail‚ 1998)‚ this essay will focus on the fragile relations between the Obama administration and North Africa and Middle East during the ongoing turmoil regarding the Arab Spring. Seeing what effect legislation and policies implemented by the US government has had on the nations undergoing or exiting political upheaval‚ as well as American perceptions in the shaping of
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took great pride in learning about the difference culture. He was able to stay neutral for the most parts. He was very ethically sound and able to be sensitive to the others feeling and beliefs. He repeat that Washington should stay out of the Middle East. That
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Each year millions of helpless animals are exported to many different places in the globe to be ready for slaughter. Sheep‚ goats and cattle are exported live to parts of the Middle east and South East Asia. These countries have little or no animal welfare laws and therefore the animals are treated and killed inhumanely. Many animals die on route. Most animals that are slaughtered overseas have their throat cut while still fully conscious which means they die a very painful death. Australia is the
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the cultures being born in Egypt and the Middle-East‚ the explanation of Buddhism‚ Jewish‚ and Christianity. The second being of postclassical cultural contacts; in which provides a view of a clear explanation of how everything was most likely formed and what became or has become of it. Within Chapters 1-5‚ Stearns provides vital information starting off with the Middle East and Egypt. He expresses how the Greeks had borrowed Egypt and the Middle East culture and civilization‚ and even though
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Stability in the region with Iranian Nuclear Power The highly praised neo-realist thinker Kenneth Waltz is of the opinion that Iran should go nuclear (Waltz‚ 2012). He considers that a nuclear Iran will bring nuclear stability in the area of the Middle East. There have been past antagonism and unsympathetic liaison between Iran and the US and her supporter Israel. The anxiety has lately been intensify by Iran’s nuclear ambition (Wege‚ 2013). At the same time Matthew Kroenig and Colin Kahl are in favor
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