Beyazay The Nature of the Firm in the Oil Industry

International Oil Companies in Global Business
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-57517-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 188 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

Firm to firm relationships, along with the overall structure of industries, have changed markedly over the past decades. Replacing the model of vertical integration with one of global business, firms have started to outsource more by using a wider global network. At the same time, they have begun to increase their control and coordination along the value chain to remain competitive, blurring the boundaries between companies. It is therefore necessary to understand the ‘nature’ of the firm and its role in coordinating the supply chain to be able to define global competitive strategies accordingly.

The International Oil Industry aims to facilitate the understanding of "the firm" in the oil industry via the analysis of a specific relationship between International Oil Companies, which are among the world’s biggest firms and ‘core system integrators’, and the Oil Services Companies, which help to find, extract, produce and distribute oil along the oil industry supply chain. This relationship serves as an example of deep integration by core system integrators and provides insights into the change in the nature of the firm in the era of modern globalization. Aimed at researchers and academics, The International Oil Industry offers a thorough examination of this relationship to shed light on the nature of the firm, both in the oil industry and in global business today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beyazay, Basak

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction and Literature Review 1. Nature of the Firm 2. Change in the Nature of the Firm 3. Value Chain Management by the Core Firm Part II: Overview of the Petroleum Industry Value Chain 4. Petroleum Industry Value Chain 5. International Oil Companies 6. Oil Service Companies 7. Discussions on the Petroleum Supply Chain 8. Changes in the Supply Chain Over Time Part III: Relationship Between International Oil Companies and Oil Services Companies 9. Definition of Roles 10. Comparison Between International Oil Companies and Oil Services Companies 11. Relationship between IOC's and OSCs 12. Implications of the Relationship Part IV: Case Studies Illustrating the Relationship Between International Oil Companies and Oil Services Companies 13. Offshore Drilling Services 14. Seismic Exploration Services 15. Well Services PART V: Conclusion 16. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Basak Beyazay holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.