Doing Business with Kuwait [Hardcover]

Paul D. Kennedy (Author), Paul D Kennedy (Author), Kogan Page (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0749422505 | ISBN-13: 978-0749422509

Endorsed by The Commercial Bank of KuwaitAimed at Western corporations and entrepreneurs, Doing Business with Kuwait provides an authoritative guide to the business scene in Kuwait, combined with practical, hands-on advice on how business people in the West need to adapt their existing skills and techniques to work effectively with Kuwaiti clients and trading partners. It covers in detail: * infrastructure * finance * culture * industry* governance* market development * business practice * taxation * facts and statistics.

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Review

A book that is considered the encyclopedia about Kuwait. -- REYNALDO CANO "INTERNATIONAL TRADE TIMES"

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Paul D. Kennedy is a chartered certified accountant and senior management consultant who has been living and working in Kuwait since 1988. With strong personal connections in local business and political circles, he is the proprietor of DalCais Consultants, an independent consultancy that services a few select clients. The creator of the Kuwait Pocket Guide and founding editor of Kuwait this Month, he is well known locally as a writer of business articles and satirical fiction.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 500 pages
• Publisher: GMB Publishing (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749422505
• ISBN-13: 978-0749422509
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,426,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul D Kennedy was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. As a business consultant and writer he has enjoyed a varied career in the UK and the Far East, and especially in the Arabian Peninsula where he was based in Kuwait for nearly 20 years. Indeed he was the liaison officer for the Irish community in that country during the Iraqi invasion and occupation in 1990. After the war he established a career in Kuwait as a radio presenter, business consultant, writer of books and articles, and a publisher of guide books and consumer magazines. He is currently living in County Dublin, Ireland, where he runs an international business consulting and editorial business.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE HOW-TO BIBLE ON BUSINESSIN KUWAIT, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Doing Business with Kuwait (Hardcover)

Doing Business with Kuwait is a wide-ranging comprehensive look at how businesspersons from the West and East need to modifify their approach to business in order to be successful in the Kuwaiti environment. A brief skim through this book shows that business rules and practices in Kuwait are in fact very different than they are in the USA and the rest of the world. Indeed, as a successful businessperson operating in Kuwait, I can agree wholeheartedly with the general thrust of Mr Kennedy's book, which accords with my own business experience in Kuwait. I only wish that I had it to hand when I was starting business in Kuwait myself several years ago. Doing Business with Kuwait is logically divided into seven neat sections. These cover the country, the economy, business laws, taxation, finance&industry,the market place, and behavioural aspects. Whether it is background infomation on country, a detailed look at rules and regulations, or tips and hints on how to be successful in the Kuwait market place, it is all to be found in Doing Business with Kuwait. The book puts into words things about Kuwait that I had learned intuitively over the years. One of the striking things about Doing Business with Kuwait is how its wealth of information is presented. The individual chapters are written in a simple flowing style that is a joy to read and in which the exposition opens out gradully and very understandably. But best of all, the text is intrespersed here and there with boxes cintaining advice on how to do certain things and warnings of potential pitfalls. A really great way to present the essentials. In conclusion, I can only heartily recopmmend Doing Business with Kuwait to anyone, whether an executive of an international corporation or a small time entrepreneur like myself, cosidering taking a chance in the Kuwaiti market which, belive me, is not for the faint-hearted. I only hope that this book will be recognised for what it is, the bible on doing business in Kuwait.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Work, March 14, 2000

By 

A. ALFOUZAN "ALFA" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Doing Business with Kuwait (Hardcover)

Doing Business with Kuwait is almost an encyclopedia about Kuwait. I wonder if Mr. Kennedy has missed anything about Kuwait. It is a remarkable work as the book talks about the history, politics, economy, and society of Kuwait. It also provides detailed information about religion, weather, demography, and many more topics.

The book contains magnificent data represented in many charts. In addition, the "Visitor Tips" sections are most useful and helpful for foreign visitors to Kuwait, whether the purpose of the visit is business, leisure, or work.

Therefore, if that part of the world, particularly Kuwait, is of an interest to you, this book is of a great great value.