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Having described the historical context of foreign investment in the Russian oil and gas industry it is now important to outline the key theoretical foundations for a discussion of why this investment may, or may not, have been successful in the post-Soviet era. This chapter presents a thorough review of the academic literature concerning this topic. However, although the authors believe that such a review is valuable in providing a context for the book as a whole, they also appreciate that a lengthy chapter covering academic theory may not be of interest to all readers. As a result, we first provide a brief synopsis of the chapter as a whole, which can act as an introduction for those who wish to read the chapter in full but can also provide a short summary of the main arguments to those who might wish to move on more rapidly to the case studies in Chapter 3.
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Henderson, J., Ferguson, A. (2014). A Review of Academic Theory on Joint Ventures, Partnership and the Importance of Local Knowledge. In: International Partnership in Russia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352279_2
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