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The downfall of Southwest Airlines and management lessons for defense

January 3, 2023 Eric Lofgren 2

Here’s a viral Facebook post from 35-year Southwest Airlines pilot Larry Lonero: Herb Kelleher was the brilliant CEO of SWA until 2004. He was a […]

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USD R&E unveils a new Office of Strategic Capital

December 2, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

USD R&E has created a new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), which will be led by former Acquisition Talk podcast guest Jason Rathje. Jason was […]

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Markets rewarded defense industry consolidation and exit well before the “last supper”

March 4, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Of course defense companies start consolidating after World War II, and then again in the 1970s after the Vietnam War. Many observers see industrial consolidation […]

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Why are defense programs so big?

May 13, 2020 Eric Lofgren 5

Mother Nature does not like anything too big… Mother Nature does not limit the interactions between entities; it just limits the size of its units… […]

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