United Arab Emirates Morris, Mervyn J. (2009) United Arab
Emirates. In Dana, Leo-Paul, Han, Mary, Ratten, Vanessa, &
Welpe, Isabell (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Asian
Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp.
361-367. |Sample (PDF 1788Kb) | Administrators only | Request a
copy from author The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is part of the
geographic region known as the Middle East. With a land mass of
82,000 square kilometres, predominantly desert and mountains it
is bordered by Oman, Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf. The UAE
is strategically located due to its proximity to other oil rich
Middle Eastern countries such as Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Saudi
Arabia. The UAE was formed from a federation of seven emirates
(Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Fujuriah, and
Um Al Quain) in December 1971 (Ras Al Khaimah did not join the
federation until 1972) (Heard-bey, 2004, 370). Abu Dhabi is the
political capital, and the richest emirate; while Dubai is the
commercial centre. The majority