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Business and Education in the Middle East brings together academic and business expertise in order to come up with long-term strategies that will have a great effect on the university performance and governance. The book shares experiences and knowledge to explore innovative strategies and plans with a new perspective for the future.

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Introduction; Nehme Azoury 1. The New Social Contract: The Business of Values; Ramsay Najjar 2. The Next Digital Development in Education; Jonathan Michie 3. A Business Outlook for the Arab Region; Adnan Kassar 4. The Future of Learning in the World of Hospitality at Le Cordon Bleu; Andre Cointreau 5. Winds of Business Change; Salma Hareb 6. Business Challenges in Turbulent Lands: the Case of the Middle East and North Africa; Taeb Hafzi 7. Impact of Technological Development on Businesses; Talal Abou Ghazaleh 8. Education in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities; Sherif Kamel 9. Education in the Globalized Era; Lindos Daou and Charbel El Khoury Conclusion; Nehme Azoury

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Nehme Azoury is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Business and Commercial Sciences at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon, where he teaches Strategic Management and Corporate Governance courses. He is Secretary General of the Arab Society of Faculties of Business Administration (affiliated to the Association of Arab Universities and founded by the Arab League) and is one of the eight members of the scientific committee of Eduniversal, as a representative of the Eurasian region. He has been Associate and Visiting Professor at various internationally respected universities, inlcuding Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Euromed-Marseille, La Rochelle, Lyon 3, HEC Montréal, and the George Washington University, USA, which presented him with an appreciation award for Active Contribution to the Education of MSF Students. He is the author of several publications and editor-in-chief of the Arab Economic & Business Journal and the Lebanese Journal of Economics and Management. He is currently Managing Partner at Widein, a consultancy firm based in Lebanon.

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