Russia has continued its efforts to be positioned as a major economic power through energy resources since the start of Putin’s reign, as the largest producer and possessor of the natural gas in the world. While the importance of energy stands out i...
Russia has continued its efforts to be positioned as a major economic power through energy resources since the start of Putin’s reign, as the largest producer and possessor of the natural gas in the world. While the importance of energy stands out internationally, the Russian government is factually strengthening its control over energy and resources.
In relation to this, Gazprom is a representative state-run corporation of natural gas controlled by the Russian government and the current government has equity of 50.001 percent of Gazprom, and thus, is exercising influences directly and indirectly. The ranking of Gazprom is continuously increasing in the Global 2000 of the Financial Times with market capitalization bases, and this company is raising its position not only in state-run company but also in multinational enterprise by spreading global strategies home and abroad. However, Gazprom’s structure, being Europe-biased in terms of exports and governmental control have largely affected its strategy. Moreover, preceding research in our country regarding the natural gas field of Russia were limited and research in foreign countries were restrictive while many researches were processed in Russia and abroad.
Therefore, this study aimed at researching the globalization strategies of Gazprom within the state control frames, while keeping in mind the above problems. In globalization strategies, this study totally reviewed the strategies of Gazprom itself as a multinational enterprise, not as a comparative study with other companies.
This study is composed of 5 chapters.
Section 2 provided the supply and demand status of Russian natural gas, and observed how natural gas was occupying an important position in Russia. The study then reviewed the reason that the Russian government had to control Gazprom by looking into supply and demand status of natural gas in Gazprom. As Russia and Gazprom were processing exports of Europe-biased policy, the study reviewed the export status to Europe countries for grasping globalization strategy in chapter 4.
Section 3 focused on the changes of managerial system of Gazprom caused by Russian governmental interventions by considering the organization of its directors and the managerial structure along with their capital and financial market. The study also reviewed the internal and external phases of Gazprom by recognizing their position in world market.
Section 4 looked at Federal Law Revision on Underground Resources and Restriction Law of Foreign Investment along with globalization strategies of Gazprom by scrutinizing the mergers and acquisition of Gazprom and joint-venture investment status, and then presented Gazprom’s direction in terms of its advancement towards becoming a multinational enterprise. The study then looked into what kind of strategy Gazprom is adopting in the long term by reviewing major pipe-line project operating with joint-venture companies.
In chapter 5, this study will suggest the current situation and problems of Gazprom based on the above contents, and will discuss the priorities of Gazprom as a multinational enterprise afterwards.
Finally, this study expects that research on Gazprom, a Russian state-run company of natural gas, should be furhter developed based on these research results.