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What Went Wrong with the Boeing 737 Max?

Author
HBR Presents / Brian Kenny ([email protected])
Published
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Episode Link
https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/04/what-went-wrong-with-the-boeing-737-max

How did the evolution of Boeing’s organization and management lead to two tragic plane crashes within six months, in which a total of 346 people died? Harvard Business School professor Bill George discusses the long roots that ultimately led to the crash of Lion Air flight 610 in October 2018 in Indonesia and the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March 2019 in Ethiopia. He discusses the role cost cutting, regulatory pressure, and CEO succession played in laying the foundation for these tragedies and examines how Boeing executives responded to the crises in his case “What Went Wrong with Boeing's 737 Max?”

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