Kayed, Rasem N.
Islamic entrepreneurship / Rasem N. Kayed and M. Kabir Hassan. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xvii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; 19 . - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; 19. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-349) and index.
The focus and the context of the research : Background issues ; Background to the research problem: the Saudi context ; Modernisation, Westernisation and the question of development ; Cultural universality and diversity in cultures ; Responses to modernisation and Westernisation ; Incompatibility of values and alternative entrepreneurships ; Research question and research objectives ; Theoretical framework ; Methodological approach -- Entrepreneurship and development : Definitions and theories of entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship development: perspectives and approaches ; The emergence of the model -- Entrepreneurship and development : an Islamic perspective : Islam and development ; Entrepreneurship: an Islamic perspective ; Islamic entrepreneurship -- Saudi economic development : entrepreneurship as a viable diversification strategy : Saudi Arabia: the development of modern state and contemporary challenges ; Towards a multidimensional development strategy and the need for diversification ; Contemporary Saudi Arabia and the quest for sustainable development -- Research methodology and fieldwork experiences : Research methods and design ; Primary qualitative data ; Piloting the study -- The attitudes of Saudi entrepreneurs : The religious devotion of Saudi entrepreneurs ; Modernisation, Westernisation and the Saudi entrepreneur ; Do Muslim entrepreneurs have to adopt Western values and Western practices to succeed in business? ; The Saudi entrepreneur and the Saudi culture ; The Saudi entrepreneur's perception of entrepreneurship ; Islamic entrepreneurship education and the Saudi entrepreneur ; Alternative financing: profit-and-loss sharing (PLS) -- The views and the approaches of Saudi entrepreneurs : case studies : Al-Jasim Engineering ; Alyami Contracting ; Shabanah Trading ; The Software House ; AL-Fadel Marketing Solutions ; Dr. Khamis -- The realities and the landscape of Saudi entrepreneurship : Saudi entrepreneurship ; The role of the education system ; External factors ; The Saudi entrepreneurship sector -- Synthesis of findings : Islam: Is it a problem or is it the solution? ; Revisiting the model -- Summary and conclusion : Research key findings ; Policy implications ; Future research directions ; Extending the language and the practice of development.
9780415584494 (cloth : alk. paper) 0415584493 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780203840801 (ebook) 0203840801 (ebook)
2010016248
Entrepreneurship--Saudi Arabia.
Islam--Economic aspects--Saudi Arabia.
New business enterprises--Saudi Arabia.
Small business--Saudi Arabia.
HB615 / .K384 2011
338/.0409538
Islamic entrepreneurship / Rasem N. Kayed and M. Kabir Hassan. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xvii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; 19 . - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; 19. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-349) and index.
The focus and the context of the research : Background issues ; Background to the research problem: the Saudi context ; Modernisation, Westernisation and the question of development ; Cultural universality and diversity in cultures ; Responses to modernisation and Westernisation ; Incompatibility of values and alternative entrepreneurships ; Research question and research objectives ; Theoretical framework ; Methodological approach -- Entrepreneurship and development : Definitions and theories of entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship development: perspectives and approaches ; The emergence of the model -- Entrepreneurship and development : an Islamic perspective : Islam and development ; Entrepreneurship: an Islamic perspective ; Islamic entrepreneurship -- Saudi economic development : entrepreneurship as a viable diversification strategy : Saudi Arabia: the development of modern state and contemporary challenges ; Towards a multidimensional development strategy and the need for diversification ; Contemporary Saudi Arabia and the quest for sustainable development -- Research methodology and fieldwork experiences : Research methods and design ; Primary qualitative data ; Piloting the study -- The attitudes of Saudi entrepreneurs : The religious devotion of Saudi entrepreneurs ; Modernisation, Westernisation and the Saudi entrepreneur ; Do Muslim entrepreneurs have to adopt Western values and Western practices to succeed in business? ; The Saudi entrepreneur and the Saudi culture ; The Saudi entrepreneur's perception of entrepreneurship ; Islamic entrepreneurship education and the Saudi entrepreneur ; Alternative financing: profit-and-loss sharing (PLS) -- The views and the approaches of Saudi entrepreneurs : case studies : Al-Jasim Engineering ; Alyami Contracting ; Shabanah Trading ; The Software House ; AL-Fadel Marketing Solutions ; Dr. Khamis -- The realities and the landscape of Saudi entrepreneurship : Saudi entrepreneurship ; The role of the education system ; External factors ; The Saudi entrepreneurship sector -- Synthesis of findings : Islam: Is it a problem or is it the solution? ; Revisiting the model -- Summary and conclusion : Research key findings ; Policy implications ; Future research directions ; Extending the language and the practice of development.
9780415584494 (cloth : alk. paper) 0415584493 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780203840801 (ebook) 0203840801 (ebook)
2010016248
Entrepreneurship--Saudi Arabia.
Islam--Economic aspects--Saudi Arabia.
New business enterprises--Saudi Arabia.
Small business--Saudi Arabia.
HB615 / .K384 2011
338/.0409538