(Whether or not that is the case longer term is another question — in other areas like ads, Google has walked an impartial line and then changed course — but for now there is a viable enough business for Google in remaining a neutral party).
Nowadays, design decisions should be viable enough to function well under complex and uncertain business environments for many years or decades.
But with the scandal growing and clients fleeing, Andersen could not remain viable long enough for Mr. Volcker to present his reforms.
A further 15 Sumatran rhino have been identified in Kalimantan with camera traps, but Stuart and Davies said it was too early to say whether those and the animal captured were enough for a viable breeding population.
In keeping with previous studies, the only strategy that was found that kept the purchase price of the SKYLON low enough for a viable operator business was to follow an "airline" business model where the manufacturer sells SKYLONs to other operators in addition to S-ELSO.
The commission, too, has done some adapting to new realities, Mr. Fels said, and it is not wholly unresponsive to arguments that in some industries, Australia may no longer be big enough for as many viable competitors as in the past.
"The concessions themselves are not enough for United to be a viable company," Mr. Bethune said by telephone from Houston.
