The Importance of Business Models for Private Sector Organizations Organizations’ overall competitiveness was often evaluated with the help of such indicators as profit, return on investment, market share, and sales. Kassem et al. claim that the modern business world requires a more complex assessment that involves such categories as corporate citizenship, public opinion, customer service, and organizational performance (734). Companies and corporations no longer focus on the financial domain but have to consider their input related to social and environmental aspects. The introduction of business excellence in the early 1980s, as well as the launch of several management quality awards, encouraged organizations to be more committed to their impact and total quality principles (Mann et al. 1237). Business excellence is associated with such major themes as leadership, customer focus, strategic alignment, organizational learning, people focus, results focus, partnership development, social responsibility, and fact-based processes management (Porter and Tanner 6). Some businesses pay more attention to certain themes, which is associated with their strategic goals, organizational cultures, capacity, and other characteristics (Kassem et al. 735). Organizations tend to adhere to these principles due to external and internal factors. This is specifically important for private-sector companies that have to address fierce competition (Saizarbitoria Iñaki et al. 807). As far as the external factors affecting companies, governmental regulations, public opinion, and competitors’ focus on excellence have proved to be instrumental in making organizations adopt the model and comply with existing quality standards. It is also noteworthy that the development of networks where partners follow specific guidelines and standards based on business excellence models has become common. These networks are positively viewed by the public and customers are more willing to buy from the companies that show their corporate citizenship. Saizarbitoria Iñaki et al. also state that internal factors vary significantly across companies and depend on numerous aspects (819). Some businesses adopted the excellence model in order to gain a larger market share while others concentrated on the quality of their products and services. Some companies try to improve their employees’ motivation and their overall performance. Companies operating in different regions also have different approaches to business excellence. Evidence from an Emirati Organization Grand Stores is one of the most successful retailers and distributors of technology, beauty, luggage, and home sector products in the United Arab Emirates that has embraced business excellence principles (“The Label of Trust”). Bitar claims that the UAE aims at becoming one of the countries where businesses completely comply with business excellence principles. This strategic goal is regarded as a way to the country’s economic stability and its leading position in the global economy. Emirati people share this view and try to consume the products and services of organizations that follow the established standards. Grand Stores earned Business Excellence Aw