Overview
- Provides a rational, comprehensive overview of the major business themes and management implications of the new abundance of natural gas in the U.S
- Explores the hopes and hazards posed by natural gas extraction techniques (i.e., fracking)
- Examine the ways shale energy impacts supply chains for firms
- Identifies significant geopolitical consideration surrounding the rise of shale energy
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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About this book
The discovery of new sources of domestic natural gas in recent years - coupled with innovations that facilitated their extraction - has altered the global landscape. However, the vast majority of the information out there for business students, faculty, and practitioners about the natural gas revolution is focused on the impact of “longer and lower” energy prices; and, secondarily, opportunities within the domestic energy sector. Each of these is crucial for business people to understand, however, the natural gas revolution is about much more. Companies of all sizes, whether they see it or not, are having new opportunities open up for their products and services. Further, the globalization of shale energy will have far reaching influence beyond simply economic factors. Geopolitical considerations and the re-structuring of international relations around shale energy will impact supply chains in a myriad of ways. This book aims to examine these opportunities.
Featuring case studies from contemporary companies, this book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, professionals and policy makers who are seeking to understand the business and global implications of the shale energy revolution.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
His most recent works include Ethics and Neuromarketing (Springer 2016) The Customer Trap: How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake in Business (Apress, 2015) and Global Supply Chain Security (Springer, 2015).
His book The Distribution Trap: Keeping Your Innovations from Becoming Commodities was awarded the Berry-American Marketing Association Prize for the Best Marketing Book of 2010. Direct Marketing in Action was a finalist for the same award in 2008.
Andrew is founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Transportation Security, contributing editor at Industry Week, and a regularly featured analyst for media outlets around the world such as BBC, CNBC, Fox News, CNN, and ABC.
Andrew is a founding member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board Global Supply Chain Security Subcommittee.
For the past number of years, he has worked closely with MAGNET (Manufacturing Growth Network) - the MEP for Northeast Ohio- to conduct market research studies for firms looking to discover and access new markets within the context of America’s shale energy revolution.
Before becoming a professor and author, Andrew was a principal in the first company in history to manufacture motorcycles in China and sell them for export: having traveled to and developed distribution channels in 120 countries on all seven continents.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: American Shale Energy and the Global Economy
Book Subtitle: Business and Geopolitical Implications of the Fracking Revolution
Authors: Andrew R. Thomas
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Business
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89306-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89305-1Published: 22 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89306-8Published: 12 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2191-5482
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5490
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 53
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Supply Chain Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management