Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
  • Technical Note
  • HBS Case Collection

Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background

By: Kristin Fabbe, Natalie Kindred and Safwan Al-Amin
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:13
ShareBar

Abstract

This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and political context in 2018. The note is an essential supplement to the case “Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” HBS No. 719-020, but is also appropriate for other relevant cases.

Keywords

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Public Policy; Economic Development; Monarchy; Islam; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Vision 2030; National Strategy; Economic Diversification; OPEC; Oil; Energy Policy; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Economy; Energy; History; Saudi Arabia; Middle East

Citation

Fabbe, Kristin, Natalie Kindred, and Safwan Al-Amin. "Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-043, November 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
  • Educators
  • Purchase

About The Author

Kristin E. Fabbe

Business, Government and the International Economy
→More Publications

Related Work

    • February 2019
    • Faculty Research

    Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    By: Kristin Fabbe and Natalie Kindred
    • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
    • Faculty Research

    Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background

    By: Kristin Fabbe, Natalie Kindred and Safwan Al-Amin
Related Work
  • Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia By: Kristin Fabbe and Natalie Kindred
  • Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background By: Kristin Fabbe, Natalie Kindred and Safwan Al-Amin
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College