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Dagli Emirati All'arabia Saudita, Dal Qatar All'oman, I Nuovi Business € 2,50 Febbraio 2016 InternatIonal Terza edizione Terza Grandi affari nel Golfo DAgli emirAti All’ArAbiA sAuDitA, DAl QAtAr All’omAn, i nuovi business Del 2016 Power 100 lAvori in Corso exPo 2020 Arabi e italiani, chi sono 30 progetti Come fare i personaggi che contano dal miliardo in su per diventare fornitori MF International, gli speciali di MF-Milano Finanza – Supplemento a MF-Milano Finanza Spedizione in A.P. art. 1 c. L. 46/04, DCB Milano Spedizione in A.P. Finanza MF-Milano a Supplemento – Finanza MF-Milano di speciali gli International, MF Febbraio 2016 I CONTENUTI INTERNATIONAL GOLFOITALIA COVER STORY BUSiNESS Power 100 Finanza I nomi dei personaggi arabi e Gli immobili prima, poi il know- 6 italiani che contano nel business 46 how e le tecnologie e nelle relazioni bilaterali per fare di Marcello Conti affari con i paesi del Golfo Food & Beverages L’eccellenza è riconosciuta, GeopoliTiCa 50 manca la distribuzione di Francesca Bruni e Franco Canevesio Scava, scava, alla fine la causa è sempre il petrolio Sanità 16 Vittorio Emanuele Parsi e Jamal Cultura Attrezzature e ospedali, così Al Suwaidi hanno raccontato a Sull’isola dei musei crescerà 56 la salute produce benessere MFI come vedono l’evoluzione 34 il tesoro dell’arte: come sta di Franco Canevesio della crisi in Medio Oriente nascendo un polo unico al mondo di Martina Mazzotti Jamal Al Suwaidi Qatar Sport e turismo per diventare TESTiMONIAL 36 capitale internazionale in vista dei Mondiali di calcio 2022 Fahad al Gergawi/ Obiettivo Scheda 22 green economy Grandi lavori in corso: i principali di Pier Paolo Albrici 38 progetti infrastrutturali e immobiliari negli Eau e in Qatar lusso Piero Ricotti/ Dalla tribù al cyber Gioielli, abiti, design. Non solo splendidi di Pier Paolo Albrici 60 24 OUTlOOK di Milena Bello Fabio Cipri/Tutte Turismo e shipping le risorse del Regno l’economia Chi fa rotta sugli Emiri di Pier Paolo Albrici Sarà ancora crescita, 26 Piero Ricotti di Nicola Capuzzo 40 con più rischi finanziari 74 di Claudia Segre e Marcello Conti whaT’S nexT DOSSiER Expo Dubai 2020 Pierroberto Folgero Connecting minds, creating the Trasporti 28 future: così sarà la prossima In gara per la mobilità, esposizione 68 sarà il business dell’anno di Francesca Bruni Sviluppi immobiliari I cantieri aperti sul futuro? Città, 30 isole e tanto verde nei progetti FOCUS annunciati e in gara Bahrain Entertainment L’arcipelago speciale Sarà attrazione mondiale, tra di Francesca Bruni 78 Sceicca Mai musica, giochi e spettacoli: ecco 32 Al Khalifa la chiave del turismo GUiDa I palazzi che fanno parte della Jlt, a Dubai, con al centro la Almas tower, dove ha sede il mercato dei diamanti. In alto, il progetto legal advisory di Dubai Meydan One , a destra il progetto Qui si tratta di affari del Sidra Medical Center di Doha 82 ma con l’avvocato adatto di Gabriele Ventura le Free Trade Zone Come andare in paradiso tax free 86 di Francesco Colamartino 3 Febbraio 2016 EditorialE INTERNATIONAL GOLFOITALIA Scommessa da tentare? di Ettore Mazzotti uando, qualche giorno dopo l’assalto ragioni politiche, non religiose. Aggiungendo che, sulle rive dello stesso Golfo, a Dubai (pagina 32). O jihadista a Parigi, intorno alla meta di ora, Teheran ha tutto l’interesse ad agganciare il fu- anche la terra di Bengodi per i costruttori di mezzo novembre scorso, ho intervistato per turo dei suoi cittadini, via Dubai, al grande mercato mondo, se si guarda l’elenco dei progetti immobi- Milano Finanza Jamal Al Suwaidi, dei consumi mediorientali e alle tecnologie dell’Oc- liari, annunciati o già in cantiere, (pagina 38), dove Qcapo del think tank del governo emi- cidente. Tutto ciò vuole dire che non esistono rischi la cifra minima dell’investimento è alcune centi- ratino di Abu Dhabi, amico peronale e consigliere specifici, politici, tali da far sospende le decisioni di naia di milioni di dollari e la più alta quella che il del principe ereditario Mohammed Al Nahyan, non- investimento nei paesi del Golfo Persico o Arabico Qatar vuol spendere per realizzare Lusail City (45 chè ministro della difesa, fece una previsione allora (a seconda del punto di vista)? La risposta fattua- miliardi di dollari). Perché questa corsa frenetica a sorprendente. Il prezzo del petrolio che viaggiava le l’ha data Valerio battista, uno dei più brillanti spararle sempre più grosse, in termini di stelle al- intorno ai 45 dollari al barile, sarebbe sceso ancora berghiere, turisti in arrivo, altezza dei grattacieli, molto, fino, disse, a 25 dollari al barile, livello che ha superfici di negozi, aerei in arrivo? Perniciosa sin- toccato intorno al 20 gennaio scorso. Fu la precisio- le prossime uscite drome di Guinness? La risposta dello Sceicco è ne del dato del prezzo a stupire, anche se il trend era che, sia che ci si senta gazzelle o leoni, come nella chiaro già allora. In altre parole sembrava un’indi- celebre storiella, la cosa importante è essere sem- INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL zio preciso di decisioni già concordate in alto loco, CINA-ITALIA INDIA-ITALIA pre primi, per sopravvivere. Il che la dice lunga su «colà dove si puote ciò che si vuole». Soltanto un come ragiona chi è abituato a vivere in un posto ino- indizio, ovviamente, nessuna prova, ma uno spira- spitale come il deserto e in 50 anni vi ha realizzato glio significativo di come sono manovrate le leve uno dei più fenomenali, in senso proprio, svilup- della domanda e dell’offerta, nel caso specifico dai pi urbanistici del mondo, senza slum. E dichiara di sauditi e dagli emiratini, che insieme controllano voler fare un ulteriore salto in avanti sulla scorta di un quarto delle riserve energetiche del pianeta e quanto costruito finora. D’altra parte non è credibi- buona parte della produzione. L’episodio, per quan- le che il passaggio dalla tribù al cyber tra le sabbie to molto secondario rispetto alle mega notizie che emiratine sia avvenuto solo grazie alla massa di scuotono la geopolitica globale, ben si combina con CINA INDIA capitali internazionali che sono piovuti in questo la sensazione di tranquillità che trasmette Fabio angolo di mondo, tra cui molti, illegali, dall’India. Cipri, un giovane ingegnere che lavora a Riad da 15 Evidentemente c’è stata una combinazione favo- anni, spesso in contatto con gli alti livelli di Aramco, industriali italiani, a capo di Prysmian, che in dicem- revole di lavoro (del terzo mondo, sfruttato ma ben il primo petroliere del mondo. Sarà anche per l’en- bre ha comperato il maggiore produttore di cavi nel retribuito), di direzione progetto (complessivo) e tusiasmo dei 30 anni, ma la sua visione dall’interno Golfo che ha sede in Oman. non ultima di crescita culturale dei locali che hanno del mercato saudita e del paese è agli antipodi dai rappresentato l’amalgama di tutto quanto. In questo toni da guerra santa che si leggono sulla stampa di Può sembrare il paese dei balocchi, con tanti pi- senso l’ambizione a essere primi può essere stata la mezzo mondo. Sciti e sunniti si confrontano nelle nocchietti scortati dal Gatto e la Volpe che vi fanno leva decisiva a far lievitare il deserto. madrase e nelle piazze da 1400 anni, fanno osser- rotta, quello che lo sceicco Al Maktoum, personag- Se così fosse, perché non accettare la scommessa vare i realisti, e le guerre sono sempre scoppiate per gio dal fiero cipiglio rinascimentale, sta preparando lanciata per i prossimi 10 anni? 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