Essays about: "Transnational Oil Companies"

Found 2 essays containing the words Transnational Oil Companies.

1. 1. The Janus Face of Petroleum: Norway, Venezuela and Petrostate-led Development

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

   Author : Santiago Benavides García; [2023]
   Keywords : Petroleum; Petrostate; State intervention; economic development; political context; Transnational Oil Companies; natural resource trap; corporate independence; natural resource management.;

   Abstract : This paper examines the strategic management of natural resources in Venezuela and Norway,focusing on the role of the State in the petroleum industry and its implications for economicdevelopment. In Venezuela, the national oil company PDVSA experienced increased stateintervention, leading to a dependence on petroleum revenues and limited diversification. READ MORE

3. 2. Private Military Companies and the Effect on the Control of Force in the Developing World

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Magnus Andersson; [2006]
   Keywords : Civil-Military Relations; Mercenary; Private Military; Control of Force; Private Security; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : With the privatisation of war and the increasing importance of non-state actors in conflict, the need to study their effects on governments is increasing. This thesis? purpose is to analyse the effects on the government's control of force in the developing world, when contracting a Private Military Company (PMC). READ MORE