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The chapter traces the responses of GM to changing conditions in the years 2012 to 2016. It starts with an introduction to the company and then covers 2012 and 2014 before the dramatic fall in oil prices that took place, and 2014 and 2016, after the fall in prices.
This chapter argues that energy industry decision makers hedge their bets in the face of the risks and uncertainties they face. It defines what hedging means and portrays the background for hedging in the oil and natural gas and automotive sectors.
The chapter traces the responses of BP to changing conditions in the years 2012 to 2016. It starts with an introduction to the company and then covers 2012 and 2014 before the dramatic fall in oil prices that took place, and 2014 and 2016, after the fall in prices.
The chapter traces the responses of Toyota to changing conditions in the years 2012 to 2016. It starts with an introduction to the company and then covers 2012 and 2014 before the dramatic fall in oil prices that took place, and 2014 and 2016, after the fall in prices.
This chapter explores changes transforming the motor vehicle sector, its slow growth, heightened competition among producers, the rise of China, the rise of light duty trucks in the North America, the struggles of the suppliers, and the prospects for alternative technologies.
The chapter traces the responses of TOTAL to changing conditions in the years 2012 to 2016. It starts with an introduction to the company and then covers 2012 and 2014 before the dramatic fall in oil prices that took place, and 2014 and 2016, after the fall in prices.
This chapter shows how energy companies hedged their bets in dissimilar ways against an uncertain future. With information about the future hard to come by, the firms had diverse understandings and they ended up competing with each other in different ways.
This chapter considers what the demand for and supply of energy reveal about the risks and uncertainties energy decision makers face and why it is hard for them to make long-term commitments when booms and busts in energy prices are so common.
This chapter reviews key challenges the sector faced, including weak demand, a shift in the United States from coal, restructuring, deregulation, and the movement to renewables. The chapter includes speculations about the paths that this sector could take in the future.
This chapter summarizes previous academic literature about the management of risk and uncertainty. Specifically, it deals the decision-making limitations that research has found to exist when decision makers contend with important strategic issues.
The chapter traces the responses of ExxonMobil to changing conditions in the years 2012 to 2016. It starts with an introduction to the company and then covers 2012 and 2014 before the dramatic fall in oil prices that took place, and 2014 and 2016, after the fall in prices.