I. CASE SYNOPSIS TNK–BP is a joint venture company between TNK (Tyyumen Oil Company) and BP (British Petroleoum) in Russia. British Petroleum‚ was the world’s third largest oil and gas supermajor who was founded as the Anglo Persia Oil Company. BP’s upstream business operated in various countries (USA‚ UK‚ Australia‚ Angola‚ Azerbaijan‚ Canada‚ Egypt‚ Russia‚ Trinidad‚ Tobago and Indonesia). BP’s production growth was constrained by its mature oil fields‚ so BP was aggressively looking for new
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China and Russia during their time of power‚ but mostly China got the full impact of the Mongolian rule because of their closeness to Mongol. This brought upon direct rule by the Mongolian Empire‚ Whereas Russia was left alone for the most part. They were mainly left to its devices under independent princedoms and got the Mongolian influence through taxes. The rule of Mongolia had more of an impact on China than on the Russia. Basically Mongolians were nomads while China and Russia were settled
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the 19th century numerous revolutionary groups attempted to overthrow the tsarist regime. Beginning in 1825 with the Decembrist revolt‚ revolutionary groups established to make fundamental changes to the political‚ social and economic structures of Russia. However‚ with the oppressive autocratic system‚ rough climate‚ social development‚ accessible methods and weaknesses‚ it was exceedingly difficult for revolutionary movements to succeed. Walking down the corridors I again ask myself why life
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ruler‚ a defeat in a war (or multiple wars)‚ or even an uprising of the people could collapse a strong government. When a government does collapse‚ not only does the political system change‚ but also economic and social changes occur as well. Two cases in which the economic‚ political‚ and social systems after the fall of a government were the collapse of Czar Nicholas II’s government‚ which led to the creation of the U.S.S.R‚ and the fall of Reza Pahlavi’s government‚ which led to the creation of
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about 3 weeks later to find her husband and his brother drinking in the kitchen. She asked the men to leave the kitchen so she could start dinner and he attacked her with a pike. This time the incident was treated as an attempt on her life. A criminal case was opened and he was sentenced to one year in the gulag. He did not go immediately to the gulag‚ he again attacked her with a knife in the summer of 2004; police did little more than take him to their car and speak with him. In October of 2004 he
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“Make a comparison of Russia and Britain in the period 1850 – 1900. How true is it to say that Russia was a ‘backward country’?” Countries develop at different rates at different times. While Britain had started to industrialise and modernise prior to 1850‚ is it true to say that Russia was as successful in trying to develop before the start of the 20th century or were they still considered a backward country by that time? Prior to and during the period 1850 - 1900‚ Russia was controlled by a Tsarist
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Late imperial Russia 1890-1917: how was Russia set up to be the nation it is today? Introduction: ‘Imperial Russia’ all started in the 17th century where a man named Tsar Ivan IV ‘the terrible’ battled and defeated the Mongols which were the previous rulers of Russia. He appointed himself the emperor of Russia and his heirs would carry on his principles and his way of ruling throughout the century’s to build a strong nation. The Tsars of the Romanov dynasty would carry on ruling till the last reign
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Paschalis Kitsikopoulos _TO WHAT EXTENT DID ALEXANDER II SUCCEED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA?_ In 1855‚ European countries had to deal with many difficulties. By that time‚ a major imbalance was existing in and between all countries. A detonation of economy and technology was disturbing even the biggest nations of Europe. All countries were intimidated by the greatest power of the time‚ Japan and India. Russia was an enormous country‚ however‚ it wasn’t very advanced as far as the technology‚ the
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Both Russia and the United States have powerful roles in this modern world. They have built up impressive reputations and practically everyone knows of them‚ but that doesn’t make them the same. Because while they do have some similarities‚ they also have many differences. The first‚ and most obvious example‚ would be their opposing governments. It is a well known fact that the two countries don’t get along‚ especially if you know about the recently ended Cold War. Their ideals have opposed for quite
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Introduction The first part of this assignment based around the case study of Carrefour in Russia is to analyse the macro environment in Russia at the time of the case. Opportunities and challenges associated with that environment will also be considered. The best way to understand the macro environment in Russia is to carry out a PEST analysis. PEST stands for the political‚ economic‚ social and technological environments. This type of analysis can be considered an external appraisal of the business
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