18365. SAUDI ARABIA: MODERN REFORM, ENDURING STABILITY HARVARD BUSINESS CASE STUDY 709042. This paper provides a Berkeley Research case analysis and case solution to a Harvard Business School case study by Richard H.K. Vietor and Nicole Forrest on economic development and modernization strategy in Saudi Arabia. The case study looks at Saudi Arabia’s efforts to modernize without Westernizing and compares economic development policy in Saudi Arabia with the more global approach in Dubai. The paper includes problem statement, problem analysis, identification and assessment of alternatives, and recommendations. Also see paper 18364 Dubai: Global Economy Harvard Business Case Study 709043, designed as a companion to this case study. KEYWORDS: case studies case solution community development economic policy energy consumption energy resources modernization Saudi Arabia politics and government. APA Style. 11 pages, 9 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources.