Title Multinational enterprise and transnational regions : a transnational business history of energy transition in the Rhine region, 1945-1973

Published New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages) Series Routledge International Studies in Business History Ser Routledge International Studies in Business History Ser Contents Transnational Economic Regions: Capturing an Illusive Phenomenon; Resurrecting the Rhine as an Economic Region; Energy Transition in the Rhine Region; Part I Regional Transformation: Energy Transition in the Rhine Region; 1 The Post-War Reconstruction and the Rise of Oil ; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Question of Energy in Post-War Western Europe; 1.3 The Impact of the Allied Occupation on the Ruhr Coal Industry; 1.4 The Allied Refining Program: Restarting the Hydrogenation Plants 1.5 The Case of Union Kraftstoff1.6 The Geographical Consequences of the Allied Occupation; 1.7 Conclusion; 2 Oil Unbounded: The Coal Crisis of 1958; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Competition Between Coal and Oil, 1950 ; 2.3 The Rise of Fuel Oil and the 1958 Coal Crisis; 2.4 Stemming the Tide: Attempts to Limit the Rise of Fuel Oil; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 The Growth of Chemical Clusters in the Rhine Region, 1960 1973; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Rhine-Ruhr Refineries; 3.3 Deutsche Shell and Union Kraftstoff, 1951 ;1958; 3.4 The Rhineland Refinery of Deutsche Shell. 3.5 The Post-War Transition of the Chemical Industry3.6 An Oil and Petrochemical Cluster in the Rhine-Ruhr Area; 3.7 Effect of the Transition on Transport Demand in the Hinterland; 3.8 Conclusions; Part II Regional Connections: From Rhine to Pipeline; 4 Pipelines: The National Approach;1956; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A Pipeline to the Rhine-Ruhr Area; 4.3 Rotterdam Competing With Wilhelmshaven; 4.4 Wilhelmshaven ;The Best Deep Water Port in Europea 4.5 Conclusions; 5 The Trans-European Pipeline: The Transnational Approach: 1956;1958; 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 From National to Transnational: The Trans-European Pipeline Plan5.3 Further Complications; 5.4 France, Oil and the Cold War; 5.5 Endgame: The Failure of the Trans-European Pipeline; 5.6 Why the Trans-European Pipeline Never Materialised; 5.7 Conclusion; 6 Expanding Transnational Connections, 1959 ;1973; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Hydrocarbon Hub: The Rotterdam Port Between 1950 and 1973; 6.3 The Expansion of the Rotterdam-Rhine Pipeline, 1965 1968; 6.4 The Rhine-Main Pipeline, 1965 ;1971; 6.5 Integrating Chemical Clusters in the Rhine Basin, 1965; 1973. 6.6 The Rotterdam-Antwerp Pipeline, 1967 1969 6.7 Conclusion; 7 Transnational Connections in the Rhine Region: Evidence From Transport Flows; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Gateway to the Rhine? Rotterdam From Transitopolis to Industrial Port; 7.3 Oil Flows in the Rhine Region: The Impact of Pipelines; 7.4 Transnational Connections; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Primary Sources; Bibliography; Press Articles, Trade Journals and Company Publications; Statistical Material; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Business enterprises -- Rhine River Valley -- History -- 20th century International business enterprises. Business enterprises Economic history International business enterprises SUBJECT Rhine River Valley -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject Rhine River Valley Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315455969 9781315455976 1315455978 131545596X 9781315455952 1315455951 9781315455945 1315455943

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