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Dubai: A City of Contradictions

In: The Strategic Management of Place at Work

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  • Nicholas Baird

    (Indiana University)

  • Joseph Blevins

    (Indiana University)

  • Tim Scheerschmidt

    (University of Augsburg)

  • Nicola Vecchi

    (University of Bergamo)

  • Laurenz Weiße

    (University of Augsburg)

Abstract

Dubai is a city of contradictions. On the one hand, it has been home to spectacular economic and population growth for the better part of fifty years. On the other hand, that growth has come despite considerable human rights abuses. Paradoxically, it has been described as a “centrally planned free market economy.” The Jebel Ali Free Zone and the artificially built Palm Islands serve as examples of how to combine guided and unguided development. Despite these successes, the choice to build in Dubai at all is an odd one; 31% of Dubai’s population is projected to be underwater by the year 2100. Nevertheless, Dubai’s unique configuration of factors of production, human capital, public policy, and organization contribute to the unique local economic landscape of “The Gateway to the Middle East.”

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Handle: RePEc:spr:fuobcp:978-3-031-29463-1_20
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29463-1_20
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