Consulting project for the lubricants export department of Galp Energia: global market assessment and redefinition of the internationalization strategy

• Main Author: Couto, Beatriz de Melo Duarte Costa
• Publication Date: 2014
• Format: Master thesis
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/120290
• topic: Consulting; Galp energia; Base oils; Lubricants; Internationalization; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão

The subsequent report is aimed at describing the group project conducted under the Management Consulting Field Labs initiative. It consisted of, as the name indicates, a consulting project completed by four NOVA SBE’s students for the Oil and Gas Company Galp energia (Galp)on its Lubricants Export Department(Export Department). The project’s main objective was to develop a global market assessment and redefine Galp’s Lubricants Export Department internalization strategy. In order to respond to the Company’s needs having in consideration the dimension of the scope, a high level approach was adopted. Furthermore, the close relationship with the client was critical in order to develop a project that matches the Export Department’s specific needs and therefore creating valuefor the client.