Voice of the Marketplace: A History of the National Petroleum Council

The National Petroleum Council (NPC) emerged out of the close cooperation between the petroleum industry and the federal government during World War II. In the last fifty-plus years, the Council has evolved into a voice of the marketplace, analyzing conditions in the petroleum industry and publishing its findings in reports widely considered authoritative and useful. Here, Joseph A. Pratt, William H. Becker, and William M. McClenahan, Jr., analyze the choices and strategies that have given the Council the adaptability and resilience to survive. The authors look at the Council's reports and examine the NPC's ability to tap information and personnel from all sectors of the industry. Finally, they analyze the one political concern that has remained constant for the industry: antitrust. This book not only sheds light on the petroleum industry and its regulatory context but also addresses the larger questions of the U.S. government's relations with the industries it regulates.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

JOSEPH A. PRATT is Cullen Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston. WILLIAM H. BECKER is Professor of History and Strategic Management and Public Policy at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. WILLIAM M. McCLENAHAN, JR., teaches at the University of Maryland in College Park and also serves as a research assistant for the Business Histor Group.

Zusammenfassung

Emerging from the close co-operation between the petroleum industry and the federal government during World War II, the National Petroleum Council has evolved into the voice of the marketplace. This book analyzes the choices and strategies that have given the Council the adaptability to survive.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William H. Becker, William M. McClenaham, William M. Mcclenahan, William M. (University of Maryland McClenahan Jr, Joseph A. Pratt, William M. McClenahan Jr (University of Maryland USA)
• Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9781585441853
• ISBN: 978-1-58544-185-3
• Seiten: 312
• Abmessung: 166 mm x 242 mm x 27 mm
• Gewicht: 739 g
• Serien: Kenneth E. Montague Series in; Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History; Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History; Kenneth E. Montague Oil and Bu
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika