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SUMMARY:TIPSHEET\: Vanderbilt expert says airline mergers are inevitable
DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;Airline consolidation is inevitable\,&rdquo\; says Michael Lapr&eacute\;\, associate professor of management at Vanderbilt University&rsquo\;s Owen School of Management and an expert on the airline industry. Media reports say UAL Corporation\, the parent company of United Airlines\, is in preliminary talks with Continental Airlines about a possible merger. Lapr&eacute\; says airline mergers are unavoidable and\, &ldquo\;a sensible idea to pursue.&rdquo\;\n\nLapr&eacute\; and Gary Scudder authored the award-winning 2004 paper &ldquo\;Performance Improvement Paths in the U.S. Airline Industry\: Linking Trade-offs to Asset Frontiers\,&rdquo\; in which they examined 10 airlines over an 11-year period. They looked at quality\, based on customer complaints filed with the Department of Transportation and at decisions the airlines made impacting costs.&nbsp\; They examined whether airlines could address problems of quality and cost simultaneously.&nbsp\; Lapr&eacute\; is also an internationally known expert on organizational learning curves.\n\nMichael Lapr&eacute\; is an operations expert who has conducted extensive research into the airline industry. Lapr&eacute\; is available to discuss the possible merger between Continental and United. To set up an interview with Lapr&eacute\;\, call (615) 322-2706 or email him at michael.lapre@owen.vanderbilt.edu.\n\nMedia contact\: Amy Wolf\, (615) 322-NEWS\namy.wolf@vanderbilt.edu\n\n
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