AGBA Conference

19th Annual World Congress

Academy for Global Business Advancement's
19th Face-to-Face (in Person) World Congress

http://agba.us/
Conference Theme:
"Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a
Globalized and Digitalized Era”


May 20---22, 2023
Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre
(Dubai Airport)
United Arab Emirates
Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair Keynote Speaker Patron Patron
Norman S. Wright
President and CEO
Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Provo, Utah,
USA
Gary L. Frankwick
Professor of Marketing and International Business (Emirates)
University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas,
USA
Dheeraj P. Sharma
Director
Indian Institute of Management
Rohtak,
State of Haryana
India
Hamdan Sulaiman Al-Fazari
Vice Chancellor
Sohar University
Oman
Abdul Razak Bin Ibrahim
Vice Chancellor
Universiti Melaka
Malaysia
Patron Patron AGBA's Executive Vice President Patron Patron
His Royal Highness Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy
Great Grand Son of Mughal Emperor
Bahadur Shah Zafar
India
D. P. Goyal
Director
Indian Institute of Management
Shillong
India
Imad J. Zbib
President
Phoenicia University
Beirut
Lebanon
Ram Kumar Kakani
Director
Indian Institute of Management
Raipur
India
Vincent Chang
Former Vice-Chancellor
BRAC University
Dhaka
Banglad
Distinguished Speaker # 1 Distinguished Speaker # 2 Distinguished Speaker # 3 Distinguished Speaker # 4 Distinguished Speaker # 5
NIU Huayong
International Business School
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing
China
Song Zening
Associate Dean
International Business School
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing
China
Said Elfakhani
Director
Executive MBA Program
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Seung hun Han
Dean
Graduate School of Global Digital Innovation
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
Nejat Capar
Dean
Bang
College of Business
KIMEP University
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Distinguished Speaker # 6 Distinguished Speaker # 7 Distinguished Speaker # 8 Distinguished Speaker # 9 Distinguished Speaker # 10
Abdul A. Rasheed
Professor of Management
University of Texas at Arlington
USA
Ha Minh Tri
Dean School of Business
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Muhammad Mukhtar
Vice Chancellor
National Skills University
Pakistan
Shivendra K. Pandey
Dean
(Research and Executive Education)
Indian Institute of Management,
Rohtak
India
Sudaporn Sawmong
Former Dean
KMITL Business School
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Bangkok
Thailand
Distinguished Speaker # 11 Distinguished Speaker # 12 Distinguished Speaker # 13 Distinguished Speaker # 14 Distinguished Speaker # 15
Sahil Raj
Associate Professor of Management Information System
Punjabi University, Patiala,
State of Punjab
India
Viput Ongsakul
Former Dean
National Institute of Development Administration
Bangkok
Thailand
Summit Gupta
Dean (External Affairs)
Indian Institute of Management
Raipur
India
Abdul Rahman Kadir
President AFEBI and Dean Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Hasanuddin,
Indonesia
Omer F. Genc
Managing Editor
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Inderscience
Switzerland
Distinguished Speaker # 16 Distinguished Speaker # 17 Distinguished Speaker # 18 Distinguished Speaker # 19 Distinguished Speaker # 20
Christopher J. Marquette
Managing Editor
Journal for Global Business Advancement
Inderscience
Switzerland
Breggie Van der Poll Professor of Financial Management Science
University of South Africa
Thailand
Andre John Van der Poll
Professor of ICT
Management
University of South Africa
South Africa
Boumediene Ramdani
Head
Research and Policy Centre for Entrepreneurship
Qatar University
Qatar
Abdullah Almashayekhi
Chair
Department of Management and Marketing
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Saudi Arabia

AGBA's Profile

 AGBA's Brief:
Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA)
was established in the American State of Texas as a "Not-for-Profit Charitable American NGO" in 2000. It is proud to boast today a membership of more than 1000 members based in more than 50 countries that include scholars from reputed academic institutions, corporate leaders, governmental officials, global entrepreneurs, global traders, global exporters and importers, professionals, and consultants based in western and emerging countries.

AGBA, as a global organization, aims to help academics and scholars at business schools across emerging countries to connect with the western (developed) world for mutual benefit. Such collaboration would accelerate the pace of globalization by furnishing ample opportunities to scholars in emerging countries to get recognition, disseminate new knowledge and assert themselves on the global stage.

 AGBA's Vision:
To be globally recognized as a leading "Not-for-Profit Charitable American NGO" dedicated to serve the academic, professional, government, corporate and entrepreneurial sectors worldwide.

AGBA's Mission:
Building on the dynamics of the ongoing globalization process, AGBA is committed to provide a global platform aimed at assisting academics, scholars, professionals, officials, entrepreneurs and consultants of emerging countries to assert themselves on the global stage for recognition, networking and dissemination of knowledge.

AGBA's Focus:
The main focus of AGBA is to provide an ongoing open global forum to discuss and analyze business and entrepreneurship development from different perspectives and viewpoints in order to improve understanding of underlying forces that (1) impact global developments and (2) shape the destiny of emerging countries such as Turkey, India, China, Thailand, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, etc. in the contemporary globalized economy. AGBA bridges geographic, cultural, disciplinary, and professional gaps by integrating different business disciplines while actively enhancing practitioner -- academician interactions on a regional and global basis.

AGBA is sponsored by numerous universities, organizations, and agencies across US, Canada, UK, Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa.

AGBA's Core Business:

AGBA's Global Leaders

Chair:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Norman S. Wright
President and CEO
Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Provo, Utah,
USA
Najiba Benabess
Dean
School of Business
Elizabeth College
Elizabeth Town,
Pennsylvania
USA
Kip Becker
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Transnational Management
Metropolitan College
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Robert Grosse
Professor of International Business
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Arizona State University
Glendale, Arizona
USA
Abdul Razak Bin Ibrahim
Vice Chancellor and President
University Melaka
Malaysia
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Hamdan Sulaiman Al-Fazari
Vice Chancellor and President
Sohar University
Sohar
Oman
Tran Tien Khoa
President and Rector
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Dheeraj P. Sharma
Director
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Rohtak, State of Haryana
India
Forthcoming
Imad Zbib
President
Phoenicia University
Beirut
Lebanon
AGBA's
First Vice President
AGBA's
Second Vice President
AGBA's
Third Vice President
AGBA's
Managing Director
AGBA's Vice President for Global Conferences
Forthcoming
Popy Rufiadah
Professor of Marketing
Padjadjaran University
Bandung University
Bandung, West Java
Indonesia
Forthcoming
Wolfgang Hinck
Former Provost
American University of Iraq at Sulaimani
Sulaymaniyah
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
Viput Ongsakul
Former Dean
NIDA Business School
National Institute of Development Administration
Bangkok
Thailand
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Publications
AGBA's
Director for Global IT Operations
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Social Media
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Entrepreneurship
AGBA's
Treasurer
Sahil Raj
Assistant Professor of Management Information System
School of Management Studies
Punjabi University
Patiala, State of Punjab
India
Tanveer Kajla
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies
NALSAR University of Law
Hyderabad
State of Telengana
India
Lavanya Raastogi
Founder and CEO of Soul Spring and Co-Founder of Ayam
Houston, Texas
USA
Nayana Dehigama
Chairman and Managing Director
EPIC Technology Group
Epic Techno-Village
Thalangama,
Battarmulla
Sri Lanka
Christopher J. Marquette
Grover Hermann
Professor of Business
Department of Finance
Tabor School of Business
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois
USA
AGBA's Auditor AGBA's
Vice President for Global Field Operations
JGBA Managing Editor JIBED Managing Editor JIBED Associate Editor
Afsal U. Ahmed
MS in Accounting Candidate
Department of Accounting and Finance
College of Business
Texas A&M University at Commerce
Commerce, Texas,
USA
Iqbal u. Ahmed
Ph.D., Candidate
Department of Marketing
Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia,
USA
Christopher J. Marquette
Managing Editor
Journal for Global Business Advancement
Inderscience Publisher
Switzerland
Omer F. Genc
Managing Editor
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Inderscience Publisher
Switzerland
Osama Sam Al-Kwifi
Associate Editor
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Inderscience Publisher
Switzerland

Conference Sponsors

Burj-Khalifa (Dubai)

AGBA’s Switzerland Based and Scopus Indexed 1st Journal

Journal for Global Business Advancement

ISSN (Online): 1746-9678; ISSN Print: 1746-966X and E-ISSN:1746-9678
Published by
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
World Trade Center Building
29 Route De Pre-Bois, Case Postale 856,
Geneva (Ch-1215)
SWITZERLAND
https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=jgba

Indexed in Scopus as Q-4
https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/16400154779
Cite Score: 1.8
SJR Score: 0.259
SNIP Score: 0.467

Scimago Journal & Country Rank

JGBA's H-Index: 11
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=16400154779&tip=sid&clean=0

It is indexed/listed in:

AGBA’s Switzerland Based and Scopus Indexed 2nd Journal

Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development

ISSN (Online): 1747-6763, ISSN Print: 1549-9324, and E-ISSN: 1747-6763
Published by
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
World Trade Center Building
29 Route De Pre-Bois, Case Postale 856,
Geneva (Ch-1215)
SWITZERLAND
https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=jibed

Indexed in Scopus as Q-2
https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100886220

JIBED's CiteScore: 1.9
JIBED's SJR Score: 0.167
JIBED's SNIP Score: 0.346

Indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index
Web of Science Core Collection:
https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results

Scimago Journal & Country Rank JIBED’s H Index: 4
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21100886220&tip=sid&clean=0

It is indexed/listed in:

Hotel Atlantis Dubai

Conference Logistics

Conference Organizer:
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, USA.

Conference Sponsor:
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, State of Haryana, India.

Conference Venue:
• Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, (DUBAI Airport), United Arab Emirates.

Conference Hotel:
• Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, (DUBAI Airport), United Arab Emirates.

UAE Tourist Visa:
All AGBA conference delegates (without any exception) are requested to kindly obtain UAE Tourist Visa to attend our conference. Kindly DO NOT Apply for Conference Visa. Kindly do not ask AGBA or our host university to issue any visa letter for you. UAE is a tourist friendly country and grants tourist visas to citizens of all countries with a smiling face. Kindly make sure that your passport has at least one-year validity. Kindly cruise the following website to apply for UAE tourist visa online:
https://www.dubaivisa.net/,

Payment of Registration Fees:
• All delegates are requested to kindly pay their conference registration fees (i) on Site (ii) in American Dollars and (iii) in CASH only.
• Sorry, we DO NOT have arrangements for Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Cheques (Checks), and Drafts etc.

Dubai Expo

Manuscript Preparation

We welcome manuscripts that address the conference theme as well as all functional areas of Business Administration (e.g., Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Operations, Finance, Information System, Management, Marketing, Public Administration, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Business Law, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Islamic Business, Agricultural Economics, Leisure Management, and Recreation Resource Management). If you are uncertain whether your paper fits the conference theme or not, please contact our Conference Director/Program Chair (Dr. Christopher J. Marquette) via his email address:cmarquette@millikin.edu

• Agricultural Economics
• Emerging Markets
• Economic Development
• Global Business Environment
• Offshoring and Outsourcing
• Entrepreneurship
• Family Business
• Business Law
• Marketing
• Real-estate Management
• Actuarial Science
• Business Education
• Health Care Management
• Managerial Communication Organizational Behavior
• Impact of COVID—19 on Businesses
• Commerce
• Economics
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Taxation
• Energy Economics

• Health-Care Management
• Hospital Management
• Patient Care Management
• Hospitality Management
• Tourism Management
• Recreation, Parks and Leisure
• Global Economic Meltdown
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Information System
• Blockchain and Crypto Currency
• Impact of Technologies
• E-Commerce and E-Business
• Supply Chain Management
• Finance and Banking
• Knowledge Management
• Behavioral Finance
• Sports Business
• Sports Management

• Public Sector Management
• Public Administration
• Management Science
• Human Resource Management
• Operations Management
• Islamic Business Management
• Cross-Cultural Management
• Environmental Management
• Islamic Banking & Finance
• Business Ethics
• Innovation Management
• Green Business Sustainability
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. Christopher J. Marquette
BS (Illinois), MBA (Illinois), Ph.D., (Texas)
Grover Hermann Professor of Business
Department of Finance
Tabor School of Business
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois,
USA
Email: cmarquette@millikin.edu

Dubai National Museum

A Sample Abstract for Your Benchmarking

Structural Exclusiveness and Poverty:
An e-Entrepreneurship Based Approach to Rural Development Across China

Xiaohong He
Professor of International Business
Department of International Business
School of Business
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut
USA
Email: Xiaohong.He@quinnipiac.edu

Abstract

The growing level of inequality in the 21st century is a social, political and economic issue concerned by conscious citizens, scholars and policy makers around the world. Some on the right argue that inequality motivates progress and punishes laziness. In reality, under harsh conditions without any social safety net, the poor often have to work extremely hard just to survive. There is no real moral argument for concentration of outsize wealth vs. widespread poverty in today’s world. To this end, this research study asks the question - "How disruptive forces brought by technology and innovation can be better understood and employed from the perspectives of individuals and communities in rural and less developed regions?" To answer this question, this paper develops a conceptual framework that connects enablers and structural obstacles facing rural e-entrepreneurs; and then applies the framework to explore existing circumstances and to offer explanations leading toward theory building. In this context, this paper uses a case study approach that involving “what”, “why” and “how” questions to connect ideas of global importance from local Chinese practice.

Keywords: Structural Exclusiveness, Poverty, e-Entrepreneurship, Rural Development, and China.

Dubai’s Gold Souk (Market)

Journal Publication Opportunities

Best papers presented at our conference will be eligible to be published in the Special Issues of the following Western Journals after substantial revisions.

Dubai’s National Mosque

Mentoring Doctoral Students

AGBA’s 2023 Doctoral Consortium will focus on mentoring doctoral students hailing from emerging countries. The faculty panel of the 2023 Doctoral Student Consortium will consist of accomplished and globally acclaimed scholars; who have a distinguished scholarly publication record, have served as editors of leading global journals, and/or have experience in supervising doctoral students across western countries such as US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

AGBA’s 2023 Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world to further develop their research ideas, to learn about the challenges of conducting business research, building a successful academic career in their fields, and to broaden their professional networks on the global stage.  

Consistent with the developmental mission of AGBA, the consortium is open for Ph.D. students from all over the world, who would be attending its global conference in UAE. One-to-one mentoring to Ph.D., students would be provided on the third day of the conference on May 22, 2023.

Ideally, doctoral students should have a strong research idea or be close to completing a doctoral dissertation proposal, and be far enough away from finishing their dissertation so that they could make good use of feedback received from their doctoral mentors during the conference.

Kindly contact AGBA’s President and CEO to schedule your mentoring session at least one month before our UAE conference:

Prof. Dr. Zafar U. Ahmed
BBA (New York), MBA (Texas), Ph.D., (Utah), D. Litt., (England, Candidate)
Professor of Marketing and International Business
Founder, President and CEO:
Academy for Global Business Advancement
Founder and Editor-in-Chief:
Journal for Global Business Advancement
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Washington D.C.,
District of Columbia

USA
Email: zafaruahmed@gmail.com

Dubai’s New Hindu Temple

Distinguished Global Doctoral/Masters Students in Attendance

South Korea:
• Yunji Hwang, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea.

Kazakhstan:
• Madi Medel, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
• Askhat Orazayev, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• Yeran Baishan, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• Dana Moldakulova, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Vietnam:
• Nguyen Giang Do, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Do Thanh Tung, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Tran Thi Tuong Vi, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Nguyen Thuy Quynh Anh, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Pham Thi Phuong Thao, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Mai Tan Binh, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam.
• Ma Van Khanh, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Vương Thế Luân, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Nguyen Quoc Loc, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Tran Hoang Cam Tu, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Pham Thai Ngoc, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Thailand
• Warat Kaewpijit, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.

India:
• Lovlesh Nagori, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, State of Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Hitesh Sharma, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, State of Haryana, India.
• Tanya Singh, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, State of Haryana, India.
• Suhail Ahmed Bhat, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Kashmir Valley, India.

Dubai (Home of the Emirates Airlines --- 5 Star Airline and Top Airline of the World)

Why Dubai???

Our Host Institution:

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) is a higher education university located in the city of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab of Emirates. Founded in 2009, AURAK is an independent not-for-profit public university, accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. It is also accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate and master’s degrees. It has been awarded International accreditation by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the UK’s quality body for higher education. Its Engineering Programs are accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). In addition, its School of Business is a member of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Our Host City (Dubai):

Dubai is defined by global economists and political scientists as one of the world's newly industrialized economies. Dr Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, announced that the UAE’s non-oil trade over 10 years totaled Dhs 16.14 trillion (USD$ 4.4 trillion). The UAE GDP jumping from $407 billion in 2021 to $440 billion in 2022 and $46 billion next year (2023). Similarly, per capita GDP will also expand from $43,868 last year to $46,665 in 2022 and $48,822 in 2023.

The International Herald Tribune has described Dubai as "centrally-planned free-market capitalism." Oil production, which once accounted for 50% of Dubai's gross domestic product, contributes less than 1% today. In 2018, wholesale and retail trade represented 26% of the total GDP; transport and logistics, 12%; banking, insurance activities and capital markets, 10%; manufacturing, 9%; real estate, 7%; construction, 6%; and tourism, 5%.

Dubai has become important ports of call for Western manufacturers. Most of the new city's banking and financial centers are headquartered in the port area. Dubai has maintained its importance as a trade route through the 1970s and 1980s. The city of Dubai has a free trade in gold and until the 1990s was the hub of a "brisk smuggling trade" of gold ingots to India, where gold import was restricted.

Today, Dubai has focused its economy on tourism by building hotels and developing real estate. Port Jebel Ali, constructed in the 1970s, has the largest man-made harbor in the world, but is also increasingly developing as a hub for service industries such as IT and finance, with the new Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Emirates Airline was founded by the Dubai government in 1985 and is still state-owned; based at Dubai International Airport, it carried over 50 million passengers in 2021.

According to Healy Consultants, Dubai is the top business gateway for the Middle East and Africa. The government has set up industry-specific free zones throughout the city in hopes of giving a boost to Dubai property. Dubai Internet City, now combined with Dubai Media City as part of TECOM (Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority) is one such enclave whose members include IT firms such as EMC Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Microsoft, Sage Software and IBM, and media organizations such as MBC, CNN, Reuters and AP. Dubai Knowledge Village (KV), an education and training hub, is also set up to complement the Free Zone's other two clusters, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City, by providing the facilities to train the clusters' future knowledge workers. Dubai Outsourcing Zone is for companies who are involved in outsourcing activities and they can set up their offices with concessions provided by Dubai Government. Internet access is restricted in most areas of Dubai with a proxy server filtering out sites deemed to be against cultural and religious values of UAE.

AGBA's 2023 Global Business Forum

A strategic alliance between AGBA (USA), Millikin University (USA), American University of Ras Al-Khaimah, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (India), and the EPIC Technology Group (Pvt) Ltd. (Sri Lanka) invites participation from global entrepreneurs, investors, importers, exporters, traders, professionals, consultants, heads of major government-owned enterprises, owners of private business firms, and government officials from across the world to attend “AGBA’s 2023 Global Business Forum” for global business interactions, networking and negotiations.

AGBA’s 2023 Global Business Forum would be chaired by the following distinguished global entrepreneur. Please drop him a line expressing your desire to attend ABGA's 2023 Global Business Forum:

Dr. Nayana Dehigama
Owner, Executive Chairman & Managing Director
EPIC Technology Group
Colombo,
Sri Lanka

Email: nayana@epiclanka.com

The third day (May 22, 2023) of the conference will be exclusively devoted to AGBA's 2023 Global Business Forum to be organized in collaboration with the local UAE business community. Speakers will include government officials, global entrepreneurs, global corporate leaders, and global consultants covering topics such as digitalization of global business operations; innovation and global entrepreneurship; global manufacturing to promote trade, economic growth and employment; sharing success stories, opportunities, and challenges in global business; “Make in Dubai” initiative of the Government of Turkey; and Investment opportunities of “Dubai Inbound and Outbound FDI”.

Distinguished Global Business Speakers

Global Corporate Leader Global Entrepreneur Governmental Leader Global Lawyer Global Corporate Leader
Khalil Yassine
Head of Arabia
Unilever
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Yahya Al-Serhan
Former Dean
College of Business
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Said S. Mzee
Accountant General
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Roger Tanios
General Counsel
INDEVCO
Industrial Development and Consulting Services
Lebanon
Fareed Al-Yagout
President and CEO
National Power Company
Dammam
Saudi Arabia
Global Corporate Leader Governmental Leader Governmental Leader Global Corporate Leader Global Corporate Leader
Lavanya Rastogi
Founder & CEO of Soul Spring and Co-founder of Ayam Houston,
Texas
USA
Forthcoming
Forthcoming
Forthcoming
Balarama Krishna Varanasi
Globalization Consultant
Hyderabad
State of Telangana
India

AGBA's Executive Development Program

Dubai’s Economic Miracle”, May 20 --- 30, 2023

This 3 Credits Study Abroad Program on Dubai’s Economic Miracle is conceived and developed by AGBA to help MBA students learn how Dubai has succeeded in establishing a vibrant, resilient and successful economy (a Role Model for Emerging Countries).

By the conclusion of this Study Abroad Program on Dubai’s Economic Miracle, MBA students will be able to:

• Gain fundamental knowledge about Dubai’s philosophy, ideology, values, history, culture, heritage, and traditions;
• Appreciate the dynamics of Dubai’s vibrant political system;
• Think critically how Dubai’s unique socio-economic environment has shaped its business mindset;
• Review the intricacies of “Dubai’s Economy”;
• Learn the dynamics of “Dubai’s Business System”;
• Understand the power of “Dubai’s Bureaucracy”;
• Recognize influence and power of large family owned “Dubai’s Business Houses”;
• Analyze the uniqueness of the “Dubai’s Entrepreneurial Model”;
• Examine dynamics of “Dubai’s Leadership Style”;
• Grasp the power of the “Web of Dubai’s Capitalism dominated by powerful Entrepreneurial families”; and
• Examine how Dubai is building its Multinational Corporations (MNCs) on the global stage.

Venue:
Dubai’s 5 Star Hotel.

Program Coverage:
Program covers the following:
• Your stay in a 5 Star Hotel in Dubai for 10 nights.
• 30 meals (3 meals per day) for 10 days.
• Attendance of AGBA’s 19th global conference in Dubai for 3 days.
• All seminars and workshops.
• All teaching material.
• All visits to industrial sites, factories and governmental agencies.
• All meetings with Dubai Entrepreneurs, government officials and professionals.
• Sightseeing across Dubai.
• Certificate.
• Gala Dinner.
• Award Ceremony.
• Cultural Program.
• Photography.

Program Schedule:
May 19, 2023 --- Arrival in Dubai and check-in into your 5 Star Hotel after 12 Noon.
May 20, 2023 --- Attend AGBA’s 19th Global Conference.
May 21, 2023 --- Attend AGBA’s Dubai Conference Award Ceremony, and Gala Dinner.
May 22, 2023 --- Attend AGBA’s Global Business Forum.
May 23, 2023 --- Inauguration of Study Abroad Program on Dubai’s Economic Miracle.
May 24, 2023 --- Industrial Visits to Global MNCs based across Dubai.
May 25, 2023 --- Industrial Visits to Dubai’s Firms.
May 26, 2023 --- Presentations by Dubai’s’ Policy Makers, and Thought Leaders.
May 27, 2023 --- Presentations by Dubai based Renowned Indian Entrepreneurs such as Mr. Yousuff Ali (President and CEO: LuLu).
May 28, 2023 --- Presentations by Dubai Entrepreneurs.
May 29, 2023 ---- Sightseeing Across Dubai.
May 30, 2023 --- Checkout from your 5 Star Hotel at 12 Noon. End of Dubai Program.


Jabel Ali --- Dubai’s Free Trade Zone

Dubai Airport (World’s Leading Airport)

Dubai Metro

Dubai National Museum

Dubai Map

Dubai Miracle Garden

Jumeirah (Dubai) Island Palm