Market power "is the ability profitably to maintain prices above competitive levels for a significant period of time" [ 14 at n.9].
Or, more profitably, keep audiences in touch with the magic of Broadway's past.
But the output of shale wells declines rapidly, by 60-70% in their first year, so within a couple of years this oil will stop flowing.Second, it is far less clear if, at $70 a barrel, the industry can profitably invest in new wells to maintain or boost production.
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Maintain, maintain, maintain.
Mr. Grubman was scrutinized for his unusually close ties to Mr. Ebbers and other top executives at WorldCom and for the profitably intricate investment banking relationships Salomon Smith Barney maintained with WorldCom while his analysis of the company's prospects were among the most glowing on Wall Street.
Steve Coll characterizes ExxonMobil's business strategies as "oriented toward the very long run," and extending "much farther than those of almost any government," since its business model contemplates "maintaining oil and gas wells profitably for up to forty years at a stretch" ("Gusher," April 9th).
Zaheer Jaffery Princeton Junction, N. J. Steve Coll characterizes ExxonMobil's business strategies as "oriented toward the very long run," and extending "much farther than those of almost any government," since its business model contemplates "maintaining oil and gas wells profitably for up to forty years at a stretch" ("Gusher," April 9th).
Its business model — drilling holes in the ground all over the world and maintaining oil and gas wells profitably for up to forty years at a stretch — means that the political and economic time horizons for its corporate strategies extend much farther than those of almost any government.
Its business model drilling holes in the ground all over the world and maintaining oil and gas wells profitably for up to forty years at a stretch means that the political and economic time horizons for its corporate strategies extend much farther than those of almost any government.
