Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra

Pt 1 Overview of Strategic Management; 2 Value networks and the impetus to innovate; On the state's choice of oil company : risk, management, and the frontier of the petroleum industry /​ Peter A. Nolan and Mark C. Thurber; Saudi Aramco : the jewel in the crown /​ Paul Stevens; Oil, monarchy, revolution, and theocracy : a study on the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Paasha Mahdavi; Handcuffed : an assessment of Pemex's performance and strategy /​ Ognen Stojanovski; Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) : an enterprise in gridlock /​ Paul Stevens; China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) : a balancing act between enterprise and government /​ Binbin Jiang; Awakening giant : strategy and performance of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company /​ Varun Rai and David G. Victor; Brazil's Petrobras : strategy and performance /​ Adilson de Oliveira; Sonatrach : the political economy of an Algerian state institution /​ John P. Entelis; Norway's evolving champion : Statoil and the politics of state enterprise /​ Mark C. Thurber and Benedicte Tangen Istad; Gazprom : the struggle for power Nadejda Victor and Inna Sayfer; NNPC and Nigeria's oil patronage ecosystem /​ Mark C.Thurber, Ifeyinwa M. Emelife and Patrick R. P. Heller; Fading star : explaining the evolution of India's ONGC /​ Varun Rai; Angola's Sonangol : dexterous right hand of the state /​ Patrick R.P. Heller; Angola's Sonangol : dexterous right hand of the state /​ Patrick R.P. Heller; Major conclusions and implications for the future of the oil industry David G. Victor, David R. Hults, and Mark C. Thurber.