European Energy Industry Business Strategies (eBook)

Atle Midttun (Autor)

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2001 | 1. Auflage
448 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053128-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Since the European Union's de-regulation policy for electricity and energy suppliers was implemented, new strategic configurations have emerged. Traditional restraints of geographical limitations on energy companies have been partly removed: the diversity at national regulatory and company level means that the European scene is one of a multiplicity of strategic configurations and developments, whilst also being complex and segmented.

This book highlights the strategic and regulatory challenges of European deregulation, with its main focus being on the business strategies within the emerging de-regulated electricity markets, various regulatory implications which are being raised in this new climate are discussed. Some of the central strategic issues facing the electricity industry in its new competitive context are explored and reviewed, with classical themes debated as a prelude to the following empirical investigation of actual business strategies pursued by the electricity and energy industries.

The main section of this work consists of 7 national case studies of business strategies which also include one North and one South American case. These were considered important inclusions as the North American companies are large investors in the European market, whilst the European companies invest in the South American market. The final chapter is a comparison and summary of the national patterns of market structures, business strategies and regulatory styles with a brief look at some challenges to be faced in future.

Inhalt

European Energy Industry Business Strategies 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Preface 8
About the Contributors 10
Introduction 16
Chapter I. Perspectives on Commercial Positioning in the Deregulated European Electricity Markets 20
Chapter II. Nordic Business Strategies 42
Chapter III. Corporate Strategies in the British Electricity Supply Industry 94
Chapter IV. Dutch Business Strategies Under Regime Transition 170
Chapter V. Corporate Strategies in the German Electricity Supply Industry: From Alliance Capitalism to Diversification 214
Chapter VI. Change and Sustainability in the French Power System: New Business Strategies and Interests versus the New Relaxed Status Quo 244
Chapter VII. Business Strategies Evolving in Response to Regulatory Changes in the US Electric Power Industry 298
Chapter VIII. New Strategies for Power Companies in Brazil 356
Chapter IX. Strategic Development and Regulatory Challenges in West-European Electricity Markets 394
Subject Index 436

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2001
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053128-8 / 0080531288
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053128-1 / 9780080531281