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Oil titans : national oil companies in the Middle East
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ISBN: 0815754744 9780815754749 0815754736 9780815754732 0815754728 Year: 2006 Publisher: London : Washington, D.C. : Chatam House ; Brookings Institution,

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A Brookings Institution Press and Chatham House publication Ninety percent of the world's oil reserves are entrusted to state-owned companies. Originally created as political instruments, these so-called national oil companies (NOCs) face new demands amid today's dwindling oil reserves and simmering social pressures. Increasingly, state-owned oil firms--particularly in the Middle East--are having to balance the political demands of their governments with the need to be commercially competitive. In this ground-breaking new volume, Valerie Marcel draws on unprecedented access to the politicians, engineers; and businessmen directing five Middle Eastern state oil companies to shed light on one of the most secretive segments of the international oil industry. The author tells the stories of Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum Corp., the National Iranian Oil Co., Sonatrach of Algeria, and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.--oil titans which together produce one quarter of the world's oil and hold half of the world's known oil and gas reserves. Dr. Marcel explains the complex bond between each state and its oil company, tracing the relationship's evolution from the politically charged days of foreign concessions to today's world of profit-driven decisionmaking. Drawn from over 120 interviews with company executives, middle managers, and oil-ministry officials, the author identifies a number of surprising new trends in these companies' strategy, and she paints a picture of their nascent sense of corporate identity. The book provides rare, up-to-date insight into how state-owned companies are striking a balance between their national mission and their commercial needs. The book also provides an insider's guide to these companies' unique culture. Executives and researchers in the region--both inside and outside the oil industry--will find it a valuable tool for understanding business in the Middle East.

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Industrial economics --- Petroleum technology. Petrochemistry --- Middle East --- 831 Internationale politieke economie --- 835 Natuurlijke rijkdommen --- 836 Multinationale ondernemingen --- 463.1 Openbaar economisch initiatief --- 469 Energie --- Petroleum industry and trade --- -Petroleum industry and trade --- -Government business enterprises --- -338.766550956 --- Nationalized companies --- Parastatals --- Public enterprises --- State-owned enterprises --- Business enterprises --- Energy industries --- Oil industries --- Government ownership --- -Government ownership --- -Société nationale pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation et la commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria) --- S.O.N.A.T.R.A.C.H. --- Sonatrach --- Sūnāṭrāk --- Société nationale pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation et la commercialisation des hydrocarbures --- Société nationale de transport et de commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria) --- Oil industriesGovernment ownership --- -Government ownership -Société nationale pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation et la commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria) --- Government business enterprises --- 338.766550956 --- 836 (Multi-)nationale ondernemingen --- Société nationale pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation et la commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria) --- Societe nationale pour la recherche, la production, le transport, la transformation et la commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria)


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Regnum chinae : the printed western maps of china to 1735
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ISBN: 9789004530904 9789004382039 Year: 2022 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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"The first European map of China faintly relied on the copy of a Chinese original, obtained through bribing and espionage; the last covered in this book was the result of the largest land survey ever made until that time. These two and another 125 maps depict, sometimes uniquely, sometimes copying each other, a country whose images were so different that it was hard to understand which to trust. This study reproduces and describes, for the first time, all the maps of China printed in Europe between 1584 and 1735, unravelling the origin of each individual map, their different printing, issues and publication dates. It also tells, for each, the unique story that made possible these visions from another world, stories marked by scholarly breakthroughs, obsession, missionary zeal, commercial sagacity and greed. China on Copper Plates: The First 150 Years of Chinese Maps in Western Prints (1584-1735) For a presentation from the author related to the publication, see: https://repository.hkust.edu.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-117848 . A summary: On June 23, 2022, the fourth session of the academic lecture series on "The Weavers of Four-Dimensional Space-Time and Their Creation" on the History of Maps was held in the form of an online seminar at the Kuang-Chi International Scholars Center. Dr. Marco Caboara, an Italian scholar from the Lee Shau Kee Library of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, gave a lively presentation entitled "China on Copperplate - the First 150 Years of Western Printed Maps of China, 1584-1735". The lecture was conducted in both Chinese and English. Associate Professor Lin Hong from the School of Humanities of Shanghai Normal University served as the moderator and translator. Dr. Yang Xunling, Deputy Director of the Library of Macau University of Science and Technology, served as the main responder. Professor Huang Yijun of Minzu University of China, and Deputy Youth Associate of Fudan University Researcher Ding Yannan, Dr. Catarina Batista and Dr. Ângela Gil from the Library of Macau University of Science and Technology, and Dr. Zheng Man from the Free University of Berlin participated in the discussion. Many domestic and foreign scholars and map enthusiasts listened to the lecture online. The lecture lasted nearly three hours"--

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Suo na. --- China --- Chi na --- Hiang te --- La pa --- So la --- So na --- Sona --- Su-na --- Suona --- Ta ti --- Wa wa erh --- Wu li wa --- Musical instruments --- Oboe --- Tʻaepʻyŏngso --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- Suo na --- Geodesy. Cartography --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799

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