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1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Online-Ressource Cambridge Books Online
ISBN:
9781107004429
Content:
The largest and most systematic analysis of national oil companies to date
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Oil and Governance; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART I Introduction; 1 Introduction and overview; 1 Introduction; 2 NOCs in history; 3 Surveying the scholarship on NOCs; 3.1 Why form an NOC?; 3.2 Why maintain an NOC?; 3.3 How do governments and NOCs interact?; 3.4 What explains the variation among NOCs?; 4 This study; 4.1 The "dependent variables": what we seek to explain; 4.2 The "independent variables": factors that may explain performance and strategy; 4.3 Units of analysis and case selection; 5 The rest of this book; Notes
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PART II Thematic studies of national oil companies2 The political economy of expropriation and privatization in the oil sector; 1 Introduction; 2 Previous literature on expropriation and privatization; 2.1 Why do countries expropriate private industry?; 2.1.1 Incentives for expropriation; 2.1.2 Constraints on expropriation; 2.2 Why do countries privatize nationally owned companies?; 2.3 Unanswered questions; 3 Theory; 3.1 Expropriation and nationalization decisions; 3.2 Privatization decisions; 4 Research design: data and methods; 4.1 Data; 4.1.1 Dependent variables
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4.1.2 Explanatory variables4.1.3 Control variables; 4.2 Methods; 5 Empirical findings; 5.1 Expropriations in the oil sector; 5.2 NOC privatization; 6 Case studies; 6.1 Expropriation; 6.2 Privatization; 7 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; 3 Hybrid governance: state management of national oil companies; 1 Introduction; 2 Background on NOC governance; 2.1 NOC governance within the principal-agent model; 2.2 NOC governance as corporate governance; 2.3 NOC governance as public administration; 2.4 NOC governance as regulation; 3 Testing links between NOC governance and performance
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3.1 Research methods3.2 Hypotheses; 3.3 Analysis; 4 Implications; 4.1 Organization of state actors having significant authority over the NOC; 4.2 Mix of NOC oversight mechanisms; 4.3 Rule of law in NOC governance; 5 Conclusion; Appendix: detailed research findings; Notes; 4 On the state's choice of oil company: risk management and the frontier of the petroleum industry; 1 Introduction; 2 The constraint of risk; 2.1 Defining risk; 2.2 Petroleum state motives and choices; 2.3 The nature of petroleum risks; 2.4 The task of risk management in petroleum
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2.5 Company type and capacity to manage risk2.5.1 The international oil companies; 2.5.2 The national oil companies; 2.5.3 The oil service companies; 2.6 Risk and the state's choice of agent; 3 Testing the idea that risk constrains state choice of oil company; 3.1 The nationalizations of the early 1970s; 3.2 The North Sea; 3.3 Global patterns of oil and gas exploration, 1970-2008; 4 Conclusion; 4.1 The influence of non-risk factors on agent choice; 4.2 Industry structure and the next frontier; Notes; PART III National oil company case studies; 5 Saudi Aramco: the jewel in the crown
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1 Introduction and overview
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511784057
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107004429
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Oil and Governance : State-Owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511784057
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