The document discusses multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in the UAE. It provides benefits of MNCs to the UAE such as employment, technology updates, and economic growth. MNCs are attracted to the UAE due to liberal laws, central location, quality infrastructure, and business-friendly policies. While the 51% ownership rule presents an obstacle, free zones like Jebel Ali and Dubai Airport provide 100% foreign ownership and tax benefits. Overall, the UAE serves as a global business hub connecting East and West.

1. Multinational
Corporations (MNC)
UAE

2. What’s a MNC ?
• A MNC ( Multi National Company ) is a company that operates or
has assets in more than one country.
• As the operations of a large sized firm expand and as it’s
international image builds up it seeks more and more extension
of it’s activities beyond the physical boundaries of the country in
which it is incorporated.

3. Benefit of an MNC?
-To, UAE-
•Employment Opportunities
•Updating of current technology
•Use of local Services
•Raise in standard of living
•Better Foreign Exposure, Culture.
•Increase in FDI ( Foreign direct Invst. )

4. Why MNC’s select U.A.E ?
•Laws are liberal compared to other countries in the
middle east
•Central Location
•willingness of its leaders and citizens to cater to a
diverse clientele.
•Standard and lifestyle of living.
•Access to a diverse market
•Ranked 33 in Ease of Doing Business Index

5. 2009
Why MNC’s select U.A.E ?
•Ease of hiring foreign labor: rank #1
•Quality of air transport infrastructure: #4
•Cost to import: rank #5
•Cost to export: rank #6
•Quality of port infrastructure: rank #8
•Quality of roads: rank #9
•Timeliness of shipments in reaching
destination: rank #17

6. Outside the Free Zone
51% rule and other Obstacle ?
•There are 2 ways in which a company can enter the
U.A.E market. Those are…
•A) 51 % of the business must be owned by a local
partner giving them revenue and greater control over the
company
B) Businesses needs to find a UAE citizen that is willing to
sponsor them. In exchange for this sponsorship, the
company provides the citizen upfront with a bulk
sum of money and then gets to keep all its future
revenues. (popular 1)

7. MNC’s In Dubai !
Jebel Ali Free Zone
• Established February 1985
• Largest Man Made port in the world.
• Modern and efficient hub
• Discharged at terminals at Jebel Ali or Port Rashid
in Dubai City
• More than 2350 companies from over 100
countries all over the world

8. Jebel Ali Free Zone
Jafza offers unique benefits for businessmen
• Open market to international market
• 100% foreign ownership
• No personal income tax
• 100% repatriation of capital & profits
• No currency restrictions
• No recruitment problems

9. Dubai Airport Free Zone
• Established in 1996
• Fully independent authority
• Ideal location for IT Products, Luxury
items, Jewelry and aviation industries
• Already has 141 companies

10. Dubai Airport Free Zone
• 100% foreign ownership
• No personal income tax
• 100% repatriation of capital & profits
• No currency restrictions
• No import duties

11. Dubai Internet City
•A dynamic international community of ICT
companies has established itself in DIC.
•The global ICT giants are all here
Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, DELL, Canon,
Sony Ericsson and Casio etc……

12. Dubai Media City
Knowledge Village
• Seeks to provide the right conditions for the
development of
scholarships, education, training and
innovation. It offers campus ambience with
creativity and welcoming spaces for
students, teachers, instructors etc.
• A wide range of organizations will find KV the
ideal base for their operations.

13. MNC’s In Abu Dhabi
 Robust Economy
 Abu Dhabi’s GDP nearly touched $100 billion in 2006.
The emirate has achieved an average GDP growth of 25% per year since
 2002,
Abu Dhabi is casted among the world’s wealthiest countries or city
states such as Luxembourg, Ireland and United States.
• Political Stability
 Hereditary rule in Abu Dhabi ensures that its economic the agenda are
broadly insulated from fickle political issues.
 It’s geographic location and its forward-looking economic policies have
won the confidence of neighbors as well as those of numerous Western
countries.

14. MNC’s In Abu Dhabi
• Proximity to Growth Regions
Abu Dhabi offers proximity to the world’s fastest growing regions namely,
Asia, Europe and Africa.
Collectively these regions comprise over 3.2 billion people with a
collective GDP in excess of $18 trillion.
•Intellectual Property Protection
The UAE has existing laws that protect against infringement of intellectual
property. The country is also a member of international bodies, treaties
and conventions that protect the same, namely, World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO), World Trade Organization, Paris
Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), WIPO Copyright Treaty,
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) and the Rome
Convention.

15. MNC’s In Abu Dhabi
•Infrastructure
Communications infrastructure such as mobile and fixed
telephone as well as Internet access is on par, if not better, than
the world’s biggest international business hubs. The emirate’s
logistics infrastructure is undergoing a massive upgrade designed
to create one of the world’s biggest and most efficient cargo
handling centers.
•100% Repatriation of Profit and Capital
The newly-formed industrial clusters in Abu Dhabi’s special
economic zones ensure zero-risk in the repatriation of capital and
profits, besides 100% business ownership and tax holidays.

16. Conclusion
Since UAE serves as a connecting business hub to the
rest of the world most the companies always seeks for
opportunities to enter this market in which emirates
such as Dubai & Abu Dhabi play a major role in
providing a platform for businessmen and provides
complete support to setup a business.