Author Daniel Yergin, one of the foremost authorities on the industry, wrote last week in a Wall Street Journal article: "Even before the collapse in prices, major oil and natural-gas companies had become preoccupied with the continually rising costs of developing new supply and were heeding the call from investors for 'capital discipline'.
"This is bound to send a chill through the industry," said John Lawrence, a professor of agriculture at Iowa State University and an authority on the meat industry.
Most countries have delegated the authority to industry to voluntarily control its own promotion.
Today, Mr. Klein is an authority on the cruise industry, having testified at hearings before the House of Representatives and the Senate about onboard crimes, disappearances and industry oversights.
"I can get these for about 50 cents a piece, and there's millions more like them," he says, sounding like an authority on the recording industry.
Michael Klare, a professor at Hampshire College and an authority on the Iraqi oil industry, speculated that Exxon might be betting that Iraq would not make good on threats of punishment, recognizing that the company's investment elsewhere in the country was crucial to its economic revival.
Michael Klare, a professor at Hampshire College and an authority on the Iraqi oil industry, speculated that Exxon might be betting that Iraq would not follow through on its threats of punishment, recognizing that the company's investment elsewhere was critical to the country's economic revival.
An analysis of the Delaware smoking ban by Richard Thalheimer, an authority on the horse racing industry and casino gambling who teaches at the University of Louisville, found that the ban was followed by reductions of 11percentto19percentcent in slot machine wagering at racetracks.
"We don't know where reality sets in at Enron," said Robert F. McCullough, an authority on the electric utility industry at McCullough Research, a consulting firm in Portland, Ore ."We know that the operational numbers as far as we can follow them don't scan.
Stuart was best known as the Publisher of American Bicyclist and was considered one of the worlds leading authorities on the bicycle industry.
