Doing favors in the Arab world

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of Wasta, a culturally based system of social networks of exchange among in-group members in the Arab world, as exemplified by three groups of Arabs in the Palestinian Authority, and then compares it to Guanxi (China), Sviazi (Russia) and Jaan – Pechaan (India). The use of social networks is a common business model around the world to accomplish business objectives and is especially relied...