This paper explores the regional economic impact of mineral resource endowment and offers specific inputs to the debate on the local content requirement (LCR) policy, gaining urgency in modern economic and political environment. Focusing on the experience of the Eastern Siberia the paper...

In a competitive market situation, a symmetric price transmission is expected, and the speed of adjustment of the market should be equal, no matter in which direction input prices are going (up or down). When inputs' prices increase, firms need to pass on costs to avoid negative profit...

Purpose: In order to achieve excellence, outsourced maintenance contractors in Oil & Gas sector play a key role due to the important impact of their task on security, availability and energy consumption. This paper presents the process followed in order to implement a Supplier Development...

The availability of natural gas in Lima - Peru, from Camisea, in several urban areas of Lima, for technical reasons there are no natural gas facilities especially in peripheral urban areas in the highlands or hills. This is compensated by FISE government social programs providing subsidized...