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{text:bookmark} {text:toc-mark-start} Company Profile : Dell {text:toc-mark-end} In 1985 Michael Dell decided to create the Dell Company. His company grew fast from nothing to 6 millions just by continue upgrading IBM systems, at that time the company was running in-house, even for marketing, advertising or research. Next in 1990, Dell had a broad for product line of desktop and portable computers based on the most recent Intel microprocessors. And since this time they are one of the well-known and respected technology company in the world. Here it is some information of 2008 about the company : the annual revenues of the company is 61.133 Billion $US the operative income is 3.440 billion $US the net income is 2.947 billion $US the total assets are estimated at 27.561 billion $US there is 79 500 employees in the company they own some subsidiaries as Alienware (high quality computer for gamers and designers), ASAP Software or EqualLogic {text:bookmark} {text:toc-mark-start} *Environment A*nalyses {text:toc-mark-end} Qatar is a very small country, in 2008 the population was nearly reaching one million and a half (1,5M), but its GDP in USD is pretty big : 67,8 billions, which just give us a GDP per capita of 72 849 USD ! Qatar had always had a GDP a way bigger than the average in Middle East. The major religion is Islam (95%) but all religions are practiced. Qatar is at the second stage of transition, between the stage where the development is directed by the efficiency and where it is leaded by innovation. The country must fight with five major problems like : Restrictive labor regulations, Inflation, Inadequate supply of infrastructure, Inadequately educated workforce and Inefficient government bureaucracy. They must fight versus those problems to finish their evolution and being at