anguage barrier. This issue can be particularly troublesome in the Middle East since none of the native languages (Hebrew, Arabic or Farsi) uses an alphabet which permits native English or Western European speakers to use a bilingual dictionary effectively (Cooperman & Makovsky, 1995, p. 62).
While language considerations are not unique to the Middle East, other types of issues are. These include patent protection (also a problem in other parts of the world), obtaining financing in Middle East markets, dealing with travel issues for company pe
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