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Southwest Airlines Should Put LUV in Its Logo
on Sep 04, 2007
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Stress Testing: What's Your Bank's AQ?
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Why Airline Mergers Don't Work: Scale Is Not a Blessing
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Citigroup's Enterprise Marketing Expenses: The Middle Line
on Jul 09, 2007
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Google vs. Microsoft: Crossing the Blue-Ocean, Red-Ocean Divide
on Oct 22, 2007
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Interbrand Value and Market Cap: A More Meaninful Comparison
on Sep 19, 2007
Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and the Fable of Three Bears
on Aug 07, 2007
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Metrics For Measuring Dell's Magic Marketing Machine
on Jan 22, 2008
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Brand Value vs. Book Value
on Sep 10, 2007
Stress Test Results: AQ Chances vs. SCAP Buffers
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Air Express Carriers: Managing Market Share for Optimal Earnings
on May 27, 2008
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General Motors' Natural Share Level: Can GM Be Like IBM?
on Dec 15, 2008
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Brand Robustness Determines How Much Companies Suffer in a Downturn
on Jul 31, 2009
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JPM
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KO
Google vs. Microsoft: Blue vs. Red Ocean Stock Pricing
on Oct 29, 2007
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GOOG
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Will Morgan Stanley Profit From the Dog Days of Summer?
on Aug 20, 2007
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ICE-CME Exchange Wars Redux
on Jun 27, 2007
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CME
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ICE
Google vs. Microsoft: Blue/Red Ocean Earnings Productivity
on Oct 15, 2007
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GOOG
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MSFT
Roche Covets Genentech for Good Reason
on Sep 24, 2008
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BMY
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DNA
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal: A Question of S&M Synergy
on Feb 04, 2008
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MSFT
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YHOO
Google vs. Microsoft: Blue/Red Ocean Stock Pricing -- Reply to SA Comments
on Nov 05, 2007
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GOOG
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MSFT
Microsoft vs. Google: The New Battle for Your Network
on Oct 09, 2007
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GOOG
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MSFT
Double-Bull's Eye for Morgan Stanley
on Jul 30, 2007
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MS
Time for GM to Declare Bankruptcy?
on Mar 15, 2009
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If Only Dell Had Listened to the Numbers
on Jan 14, 2008
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Microsoft's $154 Billion Question: Accounting For the Unaccountable
on Sep 30, 2007
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MSFT
Reconsidering Citigroup: The Middle Line And 3D Marketing
on Jul 23, 2007
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Why Airline Mergers Don't Work
on Mar 24, 2008
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Fixing the Airlines: Reconfigure or Reregulate
on Mar 17, 2008
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Unintended Consequences of a Delta/Northwest Merger
on Mar 03, 2008
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Is Competition a New Risk Factor in Morgan Stanley's World?
on Aug 28, 2007
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MS
Which Banks Are Holding Those 'Hard-to-Value' Assets?
on Apr 05, 2009
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Air Express Carriers and Intangible Market Value
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Delta Don
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Why Airline Mergers Don't Work: Scale Is Not a Blessing
: As a retired airline employee i agree with Mr. Cook 100%. My...
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Victor Cook
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: Tack, Your comment that airline management should try “… to...
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User 495805
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: If I understands correctly, the last time I checked media source,...
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Victor Cook
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: Fat Panda, You're right. I am comparing apples and oranges; and...
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Victor Cook
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: Indeolie, Your conclusion would hold water except for one...
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change is the only constant
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: Victor, Thank you for addressing my question. Believe it or not,...
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Tack
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Why Airline Mergers Don't Work: Scale Is Not a Blessing
: The fundamental problem with almost all airlines (here again,...
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a fat panda
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: I think that you are comparing apples and oranges when you compare...
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Victor Cook
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: Change is the Only Constant, Better strategic alternatives do...
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Victor Cook
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: User 457816, You overlooked the last sentence of my...
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BucketofOnions
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: Advantages of a single airplane manufacturer are most of all cost...
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User 491753
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: In case of one particular airline, their management spent a lot of...
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levin70
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: The problem isn't the mergers themselves and I understand the...
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boylan
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Why Airline Mergers Don't Work: Scale Is Not a Blessing
: You are making a mistake in by assuming that the Delta/NWA merge...
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change is the only constant
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: The overall premise of your article is profound. You are attacking...
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