Foreign Investment in the Petroleum and Mineral Industries - Case Studies of Investor-Host Country Relations

Informationen zum Autor Raymond F. Mikesell Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Deals with sources of conflict between private foreign investors and the governments of developing countries. This title concludes that government ownership and control can expand and that foreign investors are most likely to become sellers of their special services rather than remain investors who act freely for the benefit of parent companies. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: The Issues; 1: The Contribution of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to Economic Development; 2: Conflict in Foreign Investor-Host Country Relations: A Preliminary Analysis; 3: Taxation of Extractive Industries in Latin America and the Impact on Foreign Investors; 4: Labor Relations in Mineral and Petroleum Resource Development; II: The Case Studies; 5: Foreign Petroleum Companies and the State in Venezuela; 6: The Impact of the Petroleum Export Industry on the Pattern of Venezuelan Economic Development; 7: The Frondizi Contracts and Petroleum Self-Sufficiency in Argentina; 8: Alternative Means of Meeting Argentina's Petroleum Requirements; 9: Aramco: The Evolution of an Oil Concession; 10: The Impact of the Oil Industry on the Economy of Iran; 11: Foreign-Owned Export-Oriented Enclave in a Rapidly Industrializing Economy: Sulphur Mining in Mexico; 12: Venezuela's Iron Ore Industry; 13: Iron Ore in Brazil: The Experience of the Hanna Mining Company; 14: Bethlehem's Joint Venture in Brazilian Manganese; 15: Conflict and Accommodation in Chilean Copper; 16: Contribution of Copper to Chilean Economic Development, 1920-67: Profile of a Foreign-Owned Export Sector; III: Findings and Conclusions; 17: Major Problem Areas

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• Authors: Raymond F. Mikesell, Raymond F. (Formerly At the University o Mikesell, Raymond F. (Formerly at the University of Oregon Mikesell, MIKESELL RAYMOND F, Mikesell Raymond F., Mikesell Raymond F., Raymond F. Mikesell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2011
• EAN: 9781617260445
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-044-5
• No. of pages: 484
• Series: Rff Library Collection: Global; RFF Global Environment and Development Set; RFF Global Environment and Development Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, International Economics, Energy industries & utilities, International Finance, Energy industries and utilities