"In order to reduce widespread poverty in developing countries, it is essential to create jobs by promoting industrial development. Yet, there is no clear-cut and effective strategy to develop industries. This study tackles the problems facing cluster-based industrial development and suggests...

Introduction: the charity trap -- Business first: the roots of prosperity in the modern world -- Business last: the roots of failure in poverty aid -- Strong medicine: the Marshall plan as a business model -- Chase the devil: details for a Marshall model -- Conclusion: make it your business

Introduction -- The importance of everything but oil -- A theory about oil, policymakers, and the business environment -- Oil and the business environment in Iran -- Doing business in India's mining belt -- Reform in the Gulf Arab context: Saudi Arabia since the 1990s -- Conclusion