discuss What is the biggest challenges face by Qatari Businesses today?

There are more expatriate(partnership) owned businesses than Qatari owned ones. And there are many expat owned businesses where the Qatari only does sponsorship ie. no investment/involvement. I have a WLL(With Limited Liability) business with a Qatari partner. I dont like the 51(Qatari):49(Foreigner) thing but I have no choice. Hope someday there'll be better investor friendly laws in Qatar.

Commercial spaces are scarce not just in the city. I went as far as Shamal and Alkhor for a shop/office and I couldn find anythin within my budget(QR.2500-3500).

This must be a joke!

All business are Qatari own and they will run their business as they please....

The actual laws only benefit the Qatari business and no one else.

Entrepreneur opportunities are zero, unless, If you are a Qatari.

The ex-patriate community has no said so, except packing their bags when they are done.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery

None but ourselves can free our minds..

i chose doha instaed of dubai to come after my studies in india because i thought this was a better place to try out business..lots of oppurtunities are still to be explored in doha.

but here are somethings i found in my three weeks stays here

1. spaces are unavailabe in the heart of the city. commercial spaces are very few ..

2. rents so high.. average one shutter in aziziya or meidher costs 8000 to 12000. the new building oppsite olymics sports costs 21000 per month. it's too expensive..

about visa problem. as far as i have heard. if your sponsor is good enuf to bargain and fight for the visa.. u'll get it.. and about thais, u better take a trip to bangkok and find out.. they are really good people.. but wen u ask 'wat is ur name'?? they smile and reply.. 'name..name name.. hahaha'

It's too broad a topic. You'll need to stratify this relative to industry; local versus multi-national; etc.

Perhaps another way to look at the question is the favorability of starting and operating a business. There are several resources upon which you can source your study.

1. Shortage of commercial spaces(shops/offices/staff accomodation/labour camps)

2. High Rents of commercial spaces

3. Visa Problems ( You apply for 2 Indian, 2 Srilankan and 2 Nepali Visas and they issue 6 Thai Visas) The thais who come here cant speak any language other than thai and they wont try to learn)

4. Red Tapism- everywhere labour dept., immigration dept., municipality etc etc.

hmmm where to begin? First u need to decide from whose perspective you are writing this. If from the Qatari's, then they don't seem to have any problems, labour is cheap, money is plentiful, and there's always more of each if needed.

If from an international business perspective with regard to improving productivity, decreasing costs, reducing staff turnover, and getting the most out of the highly skilled labour that has been sourced and recruited,then one needs to speak to those members of the staff. There seems to be an idea if i can call it that, that one should not display too much initiative, just plod along because it is really not required from the top and if u do and make your superiors look bad because they are basically cruising along as well, well, your head is on the chopping block. the skilled international expats being employed here seem to have the feeling that they cannot give it their all for precisely this reason and that they are actually taking a few steps backwards by being here. This is obviously leading to a great deal of discontent.

As they say in the classics "fish stinks from the head", if a business is not being well run/managed well hey u know where to look. question is does the head really care - is there any need to?

Sounds like a college exam.