The large international firm in developing countries

Penrose, Edith Tilton.

The large international firm in developing countries the international petroleum industry / [electronic resource] : Edith T. Penrose ; with a chapter on the oil industry in Latin America by P.R. Odell. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - 311 p. : ill. - Routledge library editions. International business ; v. 30 .

Fist published in 1968 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-305) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The nature and economic significance of the large international firm -- 3. The development of the international petroleum industry -- 4. The international petroleum companies -- 5. Control of supply by the companies -- 6. Prices and the organization of the industry -- 7. The international oil companies in developing countries I : Major exporters -- 8. The international oil companies in developing countries II : importers and minor producers -- 9. The direction of change -- 10. The future of the large international firm -- 11. The oil industry in Latin America / by P.R. Odell.




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