Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies' (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on women involved in offshore and...

We study the buyer-seller relationship in a supply chain from the perspective of quality. In particular, weexamine situations where quality levels of the product can be observed, yet, conformance cannot be enforcedunless the buyer engages in costly, legally-binding activity, which we call audit....

Background: Dual-level stochastic programming is a technique that allows modelling uncertainty at two different levels, even when the time granularity differs vastly between the levels. In this paper we study the problem of determining the optimal fleet size and mix of vessels performing...

This article reports the results of an empirical analysis of the impact of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, which was enacted in 2005 to replace the former Section 304. I examine all Section 304 motions filed in the three years before the change in law and all Chapter 15 filings following in...

Arctic sea ice is rapidly reducing due to climatic changes occurring in the region, allowing for easier access to vast amounts of undiscovered oil and gas resources. In recent years, growing interest in exploitation of Arctic hydrocarbon resources has led to an increase in exploration activity....

The objective of this study is to review international experience in offshore wind power development and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of different countries. To date, that experience has predominantly been limited to Europe. Significantly different regulatory and physical...