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Knowledge management (KM) is considered an important intervention in improving health care services. KM facilitates the transfer of existing knowledge and the development of new knowledge in hospitals. This research focuses on investigating the relationship between KM practices and performance in selected hospitals in Kuwait, exemplified by perceived productivity and quality. Survey data were collected from 277 doctors working in public and private hospitals in Kuwait. As predicted by previous studies, the doctors who responded to this research perceived good KM practices to have positive correlations with the productivity and quality of hospitals. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated a significant predictive power of knowledge capturing practices in predicting productivity and quality of hospitals. Knowledge sharing practices showed no significant predictive power in the model, and knowledge generating practices showed a slight prediction power.

The main objective of the current study is to investigate personal and external factors that might influence women's decisions to become entrepreneurs in Kuwait. To achieve this objective, a questionnaire containing selected variables of women's personal and external factors was distributed to a sample of Kuwaiti women who are mainly studying or have completed their studies at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. The participants in the questionnaire survey were asked to express the level of agreement they assign to various variables that might affect their decisions to become entrepreneurs. Although the result of the analysis of the participants' answers revealed that they attach a certain level of agreement to the external factors effect on their decisions to become entrepreneurs, they attached higher level of agreement to personal factors. The Kuwaiti women who participated in the survey believe that getting involved in developing a self-business will enhance their social position and assist them in making independent decisions. Their interests and hobbies together with availability of business ideas would encourage Kuwaiti women to develop their own businesses. Their involvements in developing self-businesses are motivated by profit, given that they can secure the start-up capital. Finally, the participants revealed that religious bindings, together with family responsibilities, influence their decisions to become entrepreneurs.

This chapter describes the historical background of Kuwait as one of the wealthiest countries in the world (by GDP per capita). Entrepreneurial activities and actual policies for the development of entrepreneurship in the country are analysed and described. It also includes essential facts regarding promoting activities of entrepreneurship and the role of the government in creating a favourable environment for domestic and foreign entrepreneurs. The chapter ends with providing useful recommendations on what should be done in the future for the development of entrepreneurship in Kuwait. Besides tables and figures, the chapter includes original pictures of relevant entrepreneurial examples in Kuwait.

This last chapter overviews each country in the GCC. It provides general information about the socioeconomic development of each GCC country, emphasising the economic performance of each State. It also gives readers the opportunity to get to know future perspectives of each GCC nation. Final words of the chapter describe the GCC members as the fertile soil for FDI activities, stressing the fact that the region has a favourable cross-cultural environment.

This chapter focuses on several important aspects of the business context of Kuwait. First is giving an overview of Kuwait’s historical, political and economic development since its inception. Second, the chapter addresses the characteristics of Kuwait’s business framework conditions and continues with Kuwait’s ranking in terms of ease of doing business, wherein details of the ecosystem dimensions are described. The chapter concludes with providing a brief outlook for the future and provides a few insights and recommendations.