How international oil and gas companies respond to local content policies in petroleum-producing developing countries: A narrative enquiry

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 471-479

  Ngoasong, Michael Zisuh ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IOC business practices; Local content policy; Petroleum producing developing countries

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC UTILITIES;

BUSINESS PRACTICES; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENT NARRATIVE; LOCAL CONTENTS; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; OIL AND GAS COMPANIES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

BUSINESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY POLICY; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCTION; LEGISLATION; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANGOLA; BRAZIL; INDONESIA; KAZAKHSTAN; NIGERIA; VENEZUELA; YEMEN;

EID: 84905402685     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.05.048     Document Type: Article

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