Before 1980, outside of the world's few major integrated oil companies, only a handful of energy companies could be considered multinational. In 1999, in addition to the scores of petroleum companies that can be classified as multinational, the scope of many electricity companies and natural gas...

I think that Kevin Lillis has given us an excellent overview of the corporate restructuring that deregulation has induced, and he has shown that (almost) everything has indeed changed. In particular, we have seen the emergence of the multi-scope, multi-national energy company. I have learnt a...