Risk Mitigation Using Joint Venture Agreement in the Upstream Petroleum Industry

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Nissan Motor Company was one of the first Japanese Automobile companies to build facilities in North America. The company was reborn from crisis. They were rescued from bankruptcy in 1999 by Renault, and this sense of crisis still persists in the organization to this day. After the 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 Nissan Motor Company, just like they did in 1999 when they faced financial difficulties, focused on identifying and analyzing the risks by establishing a dedicated risk management function that was responsible for these activities.

Risk management is a critical component to the success of any supply chain, yet this is still an area that sees little forward movement. In many organizations, risk management is viewed more as a reactive department, only becoming operational when a significant disruption arises in contrast to being an active and continual department with focused effort. As a supply chain moves to take on a global stance, risk management cannot be treated as a reactive measure. Global supply chains are exposed to greater risk than local/domestic supply chains as their linkage is more

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank was one of the most successful banking services globally. It offered high-end financial products and services with professional risk management team. In financial crisis, the Private Bank successfully survived with relatively great performance. This paper would exposit the key to their success of risk management by answering six questions.

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This course work is an analysis of the Joint Venture relationship between Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

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