The international petrochemical industry: evolution and location

Abstract

Part 1 Life cycle perspectives on the petrochemical industry: innovation, industries and economic growth life cycles and location the petrochemical industry the structure of the book. Part 2 Technology and economics of the petrochemical industry: defining the industry technical basis commercial structure. Part 3 Technical and commercial origins: invention, innovation and initial location organic chemistry in Germany before 1914 the development of synthetic materials from coal to oil. Part 4 World War II and the establishment of the petrochemical industry: petrochemicals and the US war economy war and the balance of power in the international chemical industry petrochemicals and post-war reconstruction in western Europe. Part 5 Technology, markets and growth 1950-1973: the nature and sources of growth the diffusion of technology the proliferation of producers market size and industry development patterns of growth in Western Europe. Part 6 Agglomeration in the petrochemical industry: economies of scale raw materials, economies of scale and location economies of scale, co-products and agglomeration economies of scale and pipelines. Part 7 Government policies and internationalization: North-South technology transfer in petrochemicals petrochemicals and national economic development strategies foreign direct investment and import substitution public sector investment and import substitution patterns of development. Part 8 Oil politics, energy policies and location: determining raw material costs raw materials and the economics of ethylene production resource-based petrochemical development US energy policy and international comparative advantage Canada - the politics of intra-national comparative advantage. Part 9 Corporate strategies and internationlization: industry evolution, corporate strategies and international location serving foreign markets government policies and foreign direct investment markets and international location strategies raw materials and location strategies. Part 10 Restructuring in the petrochemical industry: restructuring, life cycles and location origins of the restructuring crisis criteria for closure obstacles to restructuring approaches to restructuring conseuqences of restructuring. Part 11 Petrochemicals, regions and publics policy: petrochemicals as a propulsive industry sectoral growth and regional growth petrochemicals and growth centres restructuring and regional development. Part 12 Geographical perspectives on the evolution of an industry.