Essays about: "oil dependent countries"

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  1. 16. Eating Disorder: Re-Thinking the Relationship between Food and Architecture in Umeå

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rafaela Taylor; [2015]
    Keywords : Food and architecture; urban farming; immediate architectural intervention; Umeå; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Food is something that we all have in common. We need it to survive and although we don’t always notice it, it has structured our relationships, homes, communities, countryside and cities for as long as humans have been around. The invention of farming led to the first static settlements, thus, enabling the evolution of cities. READ MORE

  3. 17. Oil and Development - A Formula for Sustained Economic Growth?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Holmgren; Erik Wallström; [2015]
    Keywords : Economic Growth Oil Sub-Saharan Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of our study is to determine the importance of oil exports in relation to GDP in countries located in Sub-Saharan Africa when it comes to promoting economic growth. Due to the fact that oil accounts for approximately 40 percent of the world’s total energy production, and is predicted to do so for at least 45 more years to come, we found this a highly relevant topic to look into. READ MORE

  4. 18. Oil & Gas producers’ financial performance : International Oil Companies’ financial performance and Crude oil prices in the Eurozone from 2004 to 2013

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Charles Guillermet; Olivier Taïlé Manikom; [2014]
    Keywords : Eurozone; Oil Gas industry; firm performance; International Oil Companies; Crude Oil.;

    Abstract : This paper determines the relationship between the crude oil price and the financial performance of International Oil Companies (IOCs) of the Eurozone during the last decade (from 2004 to 2013). This study is conducted around a multiple regression model with panel data with the financial performance ratios (ROA, ROE, Profit Margin) as dependent variables and the crude oil price as independent variables. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Directive on the Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure : An analysis of its effects on the market uptake of natural gas vehicles

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Karl Törnmarck; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; natural gas; transport; EU; microeconomics; policy; energy.; Hållbar utveckling; naturgas; transport; EU; mikroeconomi; policy; energi;

    Abstract : The EU transport sector is currently extremely dependent on foreign oil and the import bill for this fuel was in 2011 approximately € 210 billion. The European Commission (EC) claims that this dependency will eventually affect the member states’ economic security and mobility as oil is a finite resource. READ MORE

  6. 20. Exploring the Natural Resource Curse: Norway and Nigeria - rich in oil, but very different still

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Felicia Ardenmark Strand; [2013]
    Keywords : The natural resource curse; Abundance; Crowding out; Corruption; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the natural resource curse by making use of the resource rich countries Norway and Nigeria. The resource curse is a phenomenon where resource rich countries paradoxically have lower growth rates than resource poor countries, in spite of the growth potential offered by resource rents. READ MORE