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The challenges of researching corporate power: The case of Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria (SPDC)

Journal of Economics and Political Economy

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Title The challenges of researching corporate power: The case of Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria (SPDC)
 
Creator EGHAREVBA, Edebiri Stanley;

Department of Political Science, University of Benin,

Benin City, Nigeria.

E-mail: stainlessfbj@yahoo.com

Tel: +2347038913722


OVENSERI-OGBOMO, Friday Osaru;

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, BANKING AND FINANCE

BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY,

PMB 1100

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA.

Email: fovenseri-ogbomo@biu.edu.ng
 
Subject Transnational corporations; Liquefied natural gas; Multinational energy corporations; OPEC; SPDC.
H11; H50; C13; C22.
 
Description Abstract. The research on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) in Nigeria is encumbered or fraught with methodological challenges. Thus, this paper which relies on desk research, unveils the conceptualization of TNCs, Corporate Powers and the Doctrine of Domicile thereby interrogating the methodological encumbrances – (security, secrecy and access challenges) experienced in conducting researches on the modus operandi of TNCs in Nigeria with focus on Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria (SPDC). The consideration of Transnational Corporations’ exploration of the lacuna created by weak or moribund state institutions, escalating corruption, lack of adequate knowledge of rights and double standards become sacrosanct in bringing about ease in the challenges of researching corporate power. The paper argues that in weak African states, the doctrine of domicile manifests through threat of divestment, undue influence on government, casualization of workers, corrupt practices and tax evasion where corporate power employ hegemonic tendencies in pursuit of  its profit maximization drive..Keywords. Transnational corporations, Liquefied natural gas, Multinational energy corporations, OPEC, SPDC.JEL. H11, H50, C13, C22.
 
Publisher Journal of Economics and Political Economy
Journal of Economics and Political Economy
 
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Date 2019-07-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEPE/article/view/1870
10.1453/jepe.v6i2.1870
 
Source Journal of Economics and Political Economy; Vol 6, No 2 (2019): June; 181-192
Journal of Economics and Political Economy; Vol 6, No 2 (2019): June; 181-192
2148-8347
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEPE/article/view/1870/1919
 
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