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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"oil companies"”.
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Factors affecting overseas training in Libyan oil companies
… the main data collection tool within two Libyan oil companies.Several tools are used in order to achieve triangulation, to fully understand the overseastraining practices in the two case organisations, and to establish the factors affecting theoverseas training. This approach allowed revisions to …
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Climate Responsibility : The Instrumental Rationales of Private Oil Companies
… of corporate social responsibility (CSR), of two oil companies, ExxonMobil and Shell. The study is a comparative case study of the climate responsibilities of two private oil companies, that makes use of academic literature and recent primary sources of the case companies, such as sustainability …
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The economic performance of international oil companies in Nigeria
… THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA: The Effect of Fiscal Taxation and the Separation of Ownership and Control. This research investigates the tax policies of the Nigerian government and the separation of ownership and control and the possibility that they …
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The strategy of Japanese oil companies under global warming
… natural balance of the earth. As consumption of oil is one of the highest contributors of greenhouse gases emissions, we need to reduce oil consumption- in order to cope with global warming. For oil companies, this is a tough business circumstance. Oil demand will diminish and oil companies will …
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The history of the expropriation of the American oil companies in Mexico
… Cardonas would attempt to regain these rich oil reserve for the Mexicans. He did not plan to issure any new laws regulating Article 27, but rather, to follow the legal status already existing.<sup>55</sup> His first move was to cancel all foreign leases held on defective titles. This was …
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National oil companies and resource nationalism: a challenge for a petroleum resource-rich state.
Debates on the relevance of national oil companies (NOCs) as a means for a state to adequately manage their petroleum resources have been put forward by some critics. Some critics argue that the traditional national oil company model is antiquated. At first, national oil companies were set up as …
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Dynamic capabilities in related diversification : the case of geothermal technology development by oil companies
During the peak oil price period of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, 12 major oil firms decided to diversify into the geothermal energy business under the assumption that they could easily leverage their upstream oil capabilities for that purpose. In this thesis I examine how oil firms …
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The Norwegian state's relationship to the international oil companies over North Sea oil, 1965-75
… the Norwegian state and the international oil companies from 1965 when the first oil concessions were granted on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to the beginning of 1975. It singles out three variables which were the objects of bargaining between the state and the companies during this …
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Corporate social responsibility in multinational oil companies and the impact on sustainable development in the Niger Delta
… (CSR) exercised by the multinational oil companies (MNOCs) operating in the Niger Delta, and its impact on sustainable development (SD) in this important region of Nigeria. Particular focus is given to sustainable improvement in well-being and enhancement of socio-economic development …
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A Critical Analysis of Multinational Oil Companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility in Colombia and Venezuela. The Dynamics of Two Models.
… and through the dialectical relationship between companies and their stakeholders. This thesis focuses upon the influence of MNOCs’ socio-political field upon their CSR (rather than upon specific CSR projects), from a critical realist perspective, contributing to existing research in three key …
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Do Oil Companies aquire Alternative Energy Patents to Limit Technological Innovation, in order to Maintain Economic Advantage in Fossil Fuels
… the charge made by environmental groups that oil companies, since the 1970's, have been acquiring alternative energy patents, to restrict these technologies from reaching the market. The purpose of these restrictions was to protect profits from oil, natural gas and coal. In addressing this …
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The effect of information technology on competitive advantage in Libyan oil companies: a conceptual model for targeting strategic information systems investment
… main data collection tool within all the local oil companies in Libya.<br/><br/>The main findings of this research indicate that the position in the company does have an effect on views regarding the concept of business strategy/IT strategy, content of business strategy/IT strategy, and the …
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Job satisfaction and employees' turnover in Libyan oil companies: the application of the job characteristics model in a different cultural setting
… and employees‟ turnover in the Libyan oil companies located in Benghazi city. Also, to explore the current situation of organisational determinants of job satisfaction in the Libyan oil companies and to investigate its correlation with employees‟ job satisfaction. These factors …
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A theoretical and empirical investigation of the barriers to the adoption of state-of-the-art information systems by Nigerian indigenous oil companies.
Currently, there are 49 indigenous oil companies (INOCs) and 28 marginal fields operators as well as 24 multi-national oil companies (MNOCs) operating in Nigeria. This study on Nigerian INOCs has found them to have inadequate state-of-the-art upstream information systems (IS) for their operations. …
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A study of partnership models in distribution channels
Recently Japanese oil companies have been struggling to provide customers with differentiated services and satisfaction, and to capture their perception. They tried changing the relationship with dealers over multiple distribution channels in order to solve this issue. Through trials and errors the …
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Financing oil and gas projects in Nigeria
Oil and gas is a major source of energy worldwide. Therefore its significance for Nigeria as a major producer cannot be understated. Notwithstanding the huge revenue derived from oil and gas, its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is minimal. This can be ascribed to the fact that …
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Public relations and peace negotiation in the Niger Delta
Crude oil was discovered in 1956, in Bayelsa State in Nigeria. Expectations were high that this find would deliver socio-economic advancement of the entire Niger Delta region in which it is located. Instead, serious hostilities have arisen based on reactions to an unequal distribution of oil …
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Olajipari együttműködések a vállalati stratégiák alapján = Cooperation in the petroleum industry in light of the corporate strategies
… felett őrködő állami olajtársaságok (national oil companies, NOC) és az olajkészletekkel alig rendelkező nemzetközi olajipari magántársaságok (international oil companies, IOC). A szakirodalomban uralkodó két egyik nézet egyike szerint az nemzetközi olajtársaságok a jövőben továbbra is fontos …
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