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There has been much written about the nationalization of the AIOC in 1951. Many accounts have, perhaps unfairly, painted the directors of the AIOC as Imperialist stooges seeking to plunder the natural resources of another sovereign state to cement the United Kingdom’s geopolitical position in the Middle East. The main aim of this research is to employ historical analysis to address and scrutinize the corporate governance and corporate failure of AIOC, which led to the company’s nationalization. Analysis of archival material illustrates that the AIOC had not honored their commitments to various agreements for over 30 years preceding nationalization. Furthermore, from a range of evidence arising from the AIOC annual reports and historical sources including the British press, it can be clearly seen that the management regarded the shareholders’ interests to be superior and taking preference over the interests of Iranian and other stakeholder groups. Historical analysis should feature prominently in empirical accounting research, which is a major motivation behind this analysis. Longitudinal analysis of confidential documents and internal memos illustrates that the company was aware of various Iranians concerns as early as the 1910s, but through various strategies, management was able to deflect these concerns, the scale of which was often not well understood, ultimately leading to nationalization in 1951.
Author(s): Abdelrehim N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Eurasian Journal of Business and Management
Year: 2022
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Pages: 181-189
Online publication date: 19/11/2022
Acceptance date: 24/09/2022
Date deposited: 26/06/2023
ISSN (electronic): 2148-0206
Publisher: EurasianPublications
URL: https://doi.org/10.15604/ejbm.2022.10.03.003
DOI: 10.15604/ejbm.2022.10.03.003
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