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The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order | 
 enlarge | Author: Mary Ann Tetreault
Publisher: Quorum Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $107.95
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Sales Rank: 2728482
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.8 x 2.5
ISBN: 0899305105
Dewey Decimal Number: 382.42282095367
EAN: 9780899305103
ASIN: 0899305105
Publication Date: January 30, 1995
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Economic and strategic power is not the exclusive province of powerful, developed countries. Kuwait has used its main resource, oil, to integrate itself into the world economy as an autonomous actor rather than as a dependent commodity exporter. This daring economic strategy enabled Kuwait to claim military support from governments hosting its direct investments overseas in 1990-91 following its invasion by Iraq. Based on five years of research, including interviews with more than 200 people, Dr. Tetreault's book analyzes the development of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation in the context of domestic, regional, and world politics. Contrary to current thinking, she argues that multinational vertical integration under state ownership can be an optimal strategy for oil-exporting, developing countries, particularly those whose resource endowments are otherwise highly limited. This book is directed toward executives in natural resource industries, economic and strategic planners in public and private institutions, and those charged with the formulation and implementation of national, international, and transnational economic policy; in addition, it is of interest to academics specializing in political economy, development, industrial organization, regional and domestic politics, and international relations.
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