The Nature of the Firm in the Oil Industry

This book analyzes the relationship between International Oil Companies, which are among the world's biggest firms and 'core system integrators', and the Oil Services Companies, which help to find, extract, produce and distribute oil along the oil industry supply chain. Aimed at researchers and academics, the boko offers a thorough examination of this relationship to shed light on the nature of the firm, both in the oil industry and in global business today.