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Host Regions and the Globalization of the Offshore Oil Supply Industry: The Case of Aberdeen

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  • C. Paul Hallwood

    (Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB92TY Scotland)

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This article considers some of the problems which the globalization of the offshore oil supply industry pose for an industrialized host country. Although the vertical decomposition of the industry eases some entry problems for host country firms, substantial barriers to entry into the technological core of the supply industry persist. American companies are technological leaders in the supply industry. Their affiliates were among the first to arrive in the Northeast of Scotland in the early days of the development of the northern North Sea oil province. British companies, even by 1984, had made limited progress in creating a competitive presence with the leading foreign offshore oil supply firms, and they remained primarily as suppliers of locationally determined inputs.

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  • C. Paul Hallwood, 1988. "Host Regions and the Globalization of the Offshore Oil Supply Industry: The Case of Aberdeen," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 11(2), pages 155-166, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:11:y:1988:i:2:p:155-166
    DOI: 10.1177/016001768801100204
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