Family Business Cases

Khaula Alkaabi is a Professor of Transportation Geography at the Department of Geography and Urban Sustainability, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), United Arab Emirates. She held the position of Chair of the Geography Department from 2013 to 2017 and served as the Chief Innovation Officer for UAEU from 2015 to 2022. Her research interests include air transportation, land use planning, spatial analysis, GIS applications, drone applications, tourism, urban development, economic geography, entrepreneurship, innovation, etc. She has published in Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Frontiers in Built Environment, Arab World Geographer, Journal of Enterprising Communities, Transportation Research Part F, Journal of Transport Geography, among others. Dr. Alkaabi has received several research grants, academic honors, and rewards. Veland Ramadani is a Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the Faculty of Business and Economics, South-East European University, North Macedonia. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management and family businesses. He authored or co-authored around 200 research articles and book chapters, twelve textbooks and twenty-five edited books. He has published in Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Review of Managerial Science, Management Decision, Technology in Society, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, among others. He has received the Award for Excellence 2016 - Outstanding Paper by Emerald Group Publishing. In 2017, he was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of Development Bank of North Macedonia, where for ten months served as an acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) as well. He was ranked, three times in a row, among the Top 2% of the most influential researchers in the World, based on a study conducted by Elsevier BV & Stanford University, USA.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Al Masaood Group: Through Diversification and Geographical Expansion to Success.- Chapter 2 Barjeel Aerial Photography Services: A Successful Geospatial Data Acquisition Company.- Chapter 3 Innovation Floor: 4.0 Technologies and Information Solutions.- Chapter 4 Secuira Technologies: Re-innovating Smart Technology.- Chapter 5 Safe City Group: Enable Cities Safety.- Chapter 6 MetaTouch: Successful Transformation from a Research Idea to an Emirati Start-up during the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 7 The Nayel & Bin Harmal Group: Integrated Services in the Construction Sector.- Chapter 8 DAMAC Group: Symbol of Successful Development.- Chapter 9 Pronto Carwash Company: Your Ride to the Mobility Car Wash Business by Emirati Entrepreneur.- Chapter 10 CADD Emirates Computers: Providing Cutting-Edge Technology Solutions and Services for a Digital-First World.- Chapter 11 Bin Ham Group: Building a Legacy of Excellence in United Arab Emirates Investments.- Chapter 12ISpatial Tech: GEO-AI Enabled Solutions for Smart Cities.- Chapter 13 Juma Al Majid Holding Group: Story of Success and Achievement.- Chapter 14 M Glory Holding: The Aspiration to Establish an Automobile Manufacturing Industry in the United Arab Emirates.