by Peter Tertzakian
Though written by an energy industry investment analyst and intended primarily for investors, this book makes a convincing, layreader-friendly case that the end of oil is nigh and it’s time to get serious about energy alternatives now that the world is at “the dawn of a new energy age” that will pit the [...]
Kelly S. Gallager
Chinese production of automobiles rose from 42,000 cars per year in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2004; the number of passenger vehicles on the road doubled every two and a half years through the 1990s and continues to grow. In China Shifts Gears, Kelly Sims Gallagher identifies an unprecedented opportunity for China to [...]
Robert E. Ebel
Foreword by James R. Schlesinger
“Concise and to the point, Robert Ebel’s unique volume analyzes key issues in the Chinese energy sector–such as demand growth, refining prospects, international investments, energy strategy–that affect the global market profoundly. China will remain at the core of the global energy business, but the future will be rocky and [...]
Lin, Kun-Chin “Disembedding Socialist Firms as a Statist Project: Restructuring the Chinese Oil Industry, 1997-2002″
Enterprise & Society – Volume 7, Number 1, March 2006, pp. 59-97
Oxford University Press
Crucial to the success of China’s transition to the market economy is the central government’s capacity for institutional innovation. Since 1997, Chinese politicians have sought to transform the [...]
Jonathan E. Sinton, Rachel E. Stern, Nathaniel T. Aden, and Mark D. Levine; with Tyler J. Dillavou, David G. Fridley, Joe Huang, Joanna I. Lewis, Jiang Lin, Aimee T. McKane, Lynn K. Price, Ryan H. Wiser, Nan Zhou and Jean Ku. LBNL-56609, May 2005.
China faces a challenge similar to that it did two decades ago—it [...]
by Jin Zhang
This book examines the role of corporate structure, including the role of corporate headquarters, in the success of large firms. It considers these issues in relation to large global corporations, thereby providing a ‘benchmark’, which is then used as a contrast in a discussion of corporate structure and the role of corporate headquarters [...]
Bernard D. Cole
In l933, Alice Tisdale Hobart wife of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey manager in Nanking, published Oil for the Lamps of China. Hobart had traveled widely in China and proved to be a very observant imperialist. Her fictional account of her experiences, not surprisingly focused on the role played by Western [...]
by Michael T. Klare
Klare analyzes the most likely cause of war in the century just begun: demand by rapidly growing populations for scarce resources. An introductory chapter sets the scene, laying out the complexities of rapidly increasing demand as the world industrializes, the concentration of resources in unstable states and the competing claims to ownership [...]
by Mehmet Ogutcu
China’s rapid growth over the past twenty years has sparked a surging demand for energy. The Chinese made strenuous efforts to exploit their domestic resources; but growth eventually overwhelmed them and led to rising oil imports. Within the next decade, China’s oil imports are expected to grow rapidly and outstrip those of many [...]
