This paper provides an empirical analysis that examines the effect of both, transaction characteristics and the institutional environment on the choice of governance. Using a dataset of 237 corporate-specific value chains in the global LNG industry, we introduce inter-organizational trust as a...

This paper provides an empirical assessment of long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts to determine optimal contract duration. We study the trade-off between contracting costs due to repeated bilateral bargaining and the risk of being bound in an inflexible agreement in uncertain...

This paper provides an empirical analysis linking two theories of the firm. We analyze corporate strategies in the emerging global market for liquefied natural gas. First, following Porter, we identify three strategic target market positions: chain optimization versus flexibility strategy versus...

This paper provides a summary on recent developments in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and discusses prospects for capacity development in the mid-term future. During the early years of the industry, most of the world's LNG export infrastructure remained under state control and...

A comparative study of Corporate Governance structures at two organizations situated across the Atlantic Ocean has been conducted to understand the rationale for the observed differences from an international versus a nationally focused business perspective. A research based recommendation for...

The efficient operation of sewerage services is impacted by various factors such as geographic and topographical conditions, diversity of vertical and horizontal organizational structure, ownership types, and level of public–private partnership. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport...

Many electric utilities in the United States own rate regulated and non-rate regulated subsidiaries. The rate regulated subsidiaries enjoy legal monopolies and a right to a return on their capital investments but are only allowed to charge regulatorily authorized rates. The non-rate regulated...

The German potable water supply industry is regarded as being highly fragmented, thus inhibiting high potentials for efficiency improvements through consolidation. Focusing on a hypothetical restructuring of the industry, we apply Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to analyze the potential...

The German potable water supply industry is regarded as being highly fragmented, thus inhibiting high potentials for efficiency improvements through consolidation. Focusing on a hypothetical restructuring of the industry, we apply Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to analyze the potential...