TY - BOOK AU - Hallwood,Paul TI - Transaction costs and trade between multinational corporations: a study of offshore oil production T2 - Routledge library editions. International business SN - 9780203077764 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2013/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Offshore oil industry KW - Transaction costs KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - First published in 1990 by Unwin Hyman; Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement costs, auctions and the process of price formation -- 3. Vertical disintegration -- 4. The offshore oil supply industry -- 5. The multinational offshore oil supply industry : the theoretical aspect -- 6. The offshore oil supply industry in its main British service base -- 7. Legal and customary practices in the offshore oil supply industry markets -- 8. Bid-prices, rent distribution and adjustment in the long run -- 9. Measurement costs and optimization of the number of invited tender-bidders -- 10. The buyers as market-makers -- 11. Host countries and the international offshore oil supply industry : problems of entry and exit -- 12. Conclusions : on choosing a market in the offshore oil-gathering business; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203077764 ER -