The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc

The city-state of Singapore's roadmap for internationalization of local companies into the GCC region has, arguably, made its mark; recently crossing the milestone of 100 local companies that have, to date, found business opportunities in this foreign and exotic land. Actually taking these oppo...

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Main Authors: YEOH, Caroline, HOW, Wilfred Pow Ngee
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-45002018-07-10T04:38:04Z The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc YEOH, Caroline HOW, Wilfred Pow Ngee The city-state of Singapore's roadmap for internationalization of local companies into the GCC region has, arguably, made its mark; recently crossing the milestone of 100 local companies that have, to date, found business opportunities in this foreign and exotic land. Actually taking these opportunities, however, has proven more complicated, with cultural differences and highly dynamic local business environments posing unforeseen challenges to Singapore companies – producing a test of adaptability that has returned rather mixed results. Of particular interest are government-linked companies (GLCs), among the largest and the first of Singapore's entrants into the region; perceived as more structurally rigid, and with stakeholder obligations and motivations very much beyond the profit-driven. Thus, this paper – in which we explore the experiences of GLCs in the GCC, and draw some perhaps surprising conclusions. 2013-07-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3501 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4500/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Singapore government-linked companies internationalization Gulf Cooperation Council Asian Studies International Business
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topic Singapore government-linked companies
internationalization
Gulf Cooperation Council
Asian Studies
International Business
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internationalization
Gulf Cooperation Council
Asian Studies
International Business
YEOH, Caroline
HOW, Wilfred Pow Ngee
The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc
description The city-state of Singapore's roadmap for internationalization of local companies into the GCC region has, arguably, made its mark; recently crossing the milestone of 100 local companies that have, to date, found business opportunities in this foreign and exotic land. Actually taking these opportunities, however, has proven more complicated, with cultural differences and highly dynamic local business environments posing unforeseen challenges to Singapore companies – producing a test of adaptability that has returned rather mixed results. Of particular interest are government-linked companies (GLCs), among the largest and the first of Singapore's entrants into the region; perceived as more structurally rigid, and with stakeholder obligations and motivations very much beyond the profit-driven. Thus, this paper – in which we explore the experiences of GLCs in the GCC, and draw some perhaps surprising conclusions.
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title The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc
title_short The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc
title_full The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc
title_fullStr The Singapore Experience in the GCC: Notes from Singapore Inc
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