Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of research undertaken to test the use of traditional strategic approaches in developing competitive advantage through the assessment of the importance to small‐ and medium‐sized firms of cost and services available in a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of gas supply security enjoyed by the three Baltic States: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Design/methodology/approach – The research is predominantly qualitative and is based on information gathered at interviews, policy analysis and...

Purpose – Since the early 1990s, the US natural gas sector is characterized by substantial industry restructuring as a result of regulatory requirements following a liberalization objective. Accordingly, firms have chosen different strategies as a reaction of regulatory constraints, such as...

Purpose – With over 100 years of commercial activity, Trinidad and Tobago's energy sector has demonstrated significant growth and dynamism. This paper aims to provide a historical account of gas sector developments and seeks to decipher the motivating factors and key policy positions of the...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to provide a general overview of the global oil and natural gas resources, production, technology development, energy use, emissions and costs. The activity is based on the European project “Risk of Energy Availability: Common Corridors for Europe Supply...

Purpose – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) business comprises a number of economic activities with inherent risks. The purpose of this paper is to propose an integrated modelling approach, as part of the investment decision‐making process, for optimising economic returns from LNG whilst...

Purpose – Diffusion of a new technology and its required infrastructure is a complex process involving various adaptive decision makers interacting with each other, and this is extremely true in diffusion of alternative fuel vehicles. The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamics of...

Purpose – The US natural gas industry has gone through regulatory changes and consequently restructuring over the last 40 years, in an effort to be more market driven. The purpose of this paper is to present an economic analysis of price cointegration in the US natural gas industry as a result...

Purpose – Research on customer value in business markets is still at an early stage. More specifically, business marketing literature is largely silent on how customers' value expectations interact with suppliers' value propositions and how the interaction leads to development of new products...

Purpose – Natural gas makes up about 50 per cent of Pakistan's energy consumption, which is decreasing at an alarming pace, making Karachi – the largest city of Pakistan – one of the major victims of natural gas shortfall. The purpose of this paper is to model natural gas demand and supply...