Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1 - Overview of the Management of Human Resources -- Strategic Implications of Human Resource Management -- Gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage -- Satisfying multiple stakeholders -- Managing Human Resources -- Staf ng -- Key staf...

This chapter examines the oil and gas industry and the efficacy of vertical integration strategies. Using multiple theoretical lenses ranging from the resource-based view, transactions costs, and parenting perspective, the chapter considers different arguments associated with vertical...