Marc-David Seidel Assistant Professor of ManagementMcCombs School of BusinessUniversity of Texas at Austin512-471-7057 (ph)email: [email protected]
Seidel has done extensive empircal research on the long term effects of consolidation in the U.S. airline industry which directly applies to the current trend of announced mergers in the industry. His research addresses the strategic impact of majors merging, as well as the effects on smaller specialized carriers of such mergers.
Additionally, he is well positioned to discuss the strategic implications of various route networks and how well they integrate. Contrary to common intuition, he concludes that American Airlines would benefit in the long run by having its proposed M&A activity stopped by the Justice Department.
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