This study seeks to understand strategic oil company decision-making in the North Sea, focusing on company decisions to produce oil in the United Kingdom's Continental Shelf. The production of oil in the North Sea was extremely complex, with comparatively greater risk attached to key decisions than in other global areas of production. Arguably, like other businesses, oil companies wanted to minimise risks in order to maximise their returns. This thesis is a case study of this basic notion in action: how did oil companies make decisions faced with the complex business environment in the North Sea? The study's conceptual framework is developed from scholarly work on decisionmaking and strategy formulation, using three models: rational, incremental and interpretative to help in the understanding of North Sea decision-making. Part One of the study analyses the North Sea environment, including the legal and fiscal regimes, physical constraints and climatic conditions, identifying the roles played by these outside influences in the decision-making process. Part Two of the study tests this 'theoretical' view of the North Sea environment and company-decision-making discussed in Part One, exploring practical company experience further in a semi-structured interview survey of oil company decision-makers. The study concludes with a discussion of decision-making in light of the conceptual models. Analysis of the sirategic oil company decision-making reveals a pattern and sequence in the decision-making process at an industry level, made within the dual framework of (i) consortiums and (ii) the UK (iQvernment's licensing and fiscal regimes. The consortium was the formal decision-making body, with decisions characterised by a iterative process of negotiation between companies, the consortium committee and the Government. Risk minimisation in order to maximise rewards is identified as one of the main driving forces behind decisionmaking.

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El presente proyecto tuvo como objetivo general realizar un estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta de producción de harina a partir de bagazo de la industria cervecera. Para ello, se desarrolló una investigación proyectiva, exponiendo el estudio de mercado, disponibilidad de materia prima, localización, determinación del área por medio del método de Guerchet, así como la evaluación económica financiera. Como resultado, el producto se enfocó en el mercado nacional, con una demanda proyectada de 4 251 798 kg de harina para el 2029, y una demanda del proyecto del 10% de 425 180 kg de harina, un requerimiento de 1 789 580 kg/año de bagazo. Delimitando la ubicación en el sector de Huachipa en el distrito de Lurigancho-Chosica, departamento de Lima con un área total, a través del método de Güerchet, de valor 1 885,04 m2. El proyecto requirió una inversión total de S/ 3 938 005,52. Se obtuvo un VAN de S/. 577 203,39 y un TIR de 23,5%, el cual resultó ser mayor que el TMAR, 10,6%, concluyendo que el proyecto es viable económicamente. / The general objective of this project was to carry out a pre-feasibility study for the installation of a flour production plant from bagasse from the brewing industry. For this, a projective investigation was developed, strengthening the market study, availability of raw materials, location, determination of the area through the Guerchet method, as well as the financial economic evaluation. As a result, the product was focused on the domestic market, with a projected demand of 4 251 798 kg of flour by 2029, and a 10% project demand of 425 180 kg of flour, a requirement of 1 789 580 kg/ year of bagasse. Determining the location in the Huachipa sector in the Lurigancho-Chosica district, department of Lima. The total area was determined through the Guerchet method with a value of 1 885,04 m2. The project required a total investment of S/ 3 938 005,52. An NPV of S/. 577 203,39 was obtained. And an IRR of 23,5%, which turned out to be higher than the TMAR, 10,6%, concluding that the project is economically viable.

[pt] A Revolução Industrial, a que se seguiu o paradigma desenvolvimentista do Século XX, legou cidades e indústrias interdependentes e determinantes entre si. Paradoxalmente, percebe-se a coexistência conflituosa entre áreas urbanas fabris e habitadas, que parece inconciliável. Muitos dos conflitos advêm de impactos de vizinhança, cuja regulação ainda não se encontra formulada e pacífica. A presente pesquisa investiga os elementos que favorecem ou prejudicam essa convivência, e propõe método de suporte à decisão voltado à gestão de impactos de vizinhança, não regulados por leis e padrões. O método baseia-se em pesquisa qualitativa de percepção de materialidade/importância dos impactos, com grupo focal, ponderada pela avaliação escalar da sua magnitude, conforme a distância entre indústria e zonas urbanas com usos distintos – em especial o residencial – em uma matriz/diagrama de apoio à decisão. Pode ser aplicado como instrumento de gestão de conflitos, no planejamento locacional de empreendimentos de alto potencial de impactos de vizinhança e no Planejamento Participativo. O caso estudado, objeto empírico da presente pesquisa, é a ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico (TKCSA), em Santa Cruz – bairro de 398 mil habitantes da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Siderúrgica integrada, a TKCSA iniciou suas operações em 2010. O Distrito Industrial que a recebeu, criado décadas antes, já havia atraí-do às vizinhanças vilas operárias e assentamentos informais. Em diferentes momentos, desajustes operacionais e falhas de comunicação levaram a conflitos e crises. O teste de aplicação do método desenvolvido indicou sua utilidade para a finalidade a que se propõe. / [en] Cities and Industries are interdependent and determinant among themselves. However, since the first cycle of industrialization in England at the end of the 19th Century, the conflicting coexistence between manufacturing and inhabited areas seems irreconcilable. Modernist planning proposed Industrial Districts designed under a Keynesian perspective. In contemporary times, industrial zones has followed a globalizing logic. Transnational corporations determine on a planetary scale where to locate their production platforms, in favor of profits maximization. This movement is ruled – but also facilitated – by the State in a balance between national interest and a business-friendly ambient (Harvey, 1989). Industries and other sectors of the cities need to be close. The question is: how close? Is there a desired distance that guarantees to the City and its inhabitants the highest positive externalities of industrialization, reducing, however, negative impacts and discomforts? Does environmental technology have a real capacity to positively interfere? Which elements should base environmental and neighborhood impact assessments so that: (i) emergent conflicts can be solved; or (ii) due and fair measures can be establish to overcome or compensate for the negative impacts; and (iii) early precise assessments precede new ventures? This research aims at proposing a decision-aiding method for the management of neighborhood impacts (not regulated by laws or standards), identifying aspects to facilitate coexistence between industries and neighbors.