TY - BOOK AU - Vivoda, Vlado TI - Return of the obsolescing bargain and the decline of big oil: a study of bargaining in the contemporary oil industry SN - 9783639044935 U1 - 333.8232 VIV PY - 2008/// CY - Germany PB - VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KW - asian studies KW - business studies KW - energy crude oil bargaining oil industry oil companies petroleum KW - International business KW - International relations KW - Petroleum industry and trade N1 - Suggested by Bakul Dholakia; The political economy of expropriation and privatization in the oil sector /​ Christofer Warshaw; ch 2 Extant literature and hypotheses; An empire of its own; Let's ask Sydney Weinberg; What investment bankers really do; The culture of M& A; The rise of John Thornton; The House of Morgan; Drama of the gifted banker; Take a walk on the buy-side; Save the red carpet for the talent; View from the top; The myth of meritocracy; King of the SLCs; The long goodbye N2 - This book centres on studying intricate bargaining relationships between the major actors in the highly politicised oil industry. By covering the period between 1998 and 2007, this study focuses exclusively on contemporary bargaining in the oil industry. ER -