journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/techsoc The politics of airplane production: The emergence of two technological frames in the competition between Boeing and Airbus Alexander Z. Ibsen* University of Arizona, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 210027, Tucson, AZ 85721-0027,United States a b s t r a c t Keywords: Airplanes Boeing Airbus Two-party democracy Frames Technological philosophy Economic models of technological innovation, as well as modern sociological approaches to the study
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The Boeing 7E7 ‘Dreamliner’ Case #3 Section 1, Group 8 Introduction: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner case provides us with a brief background of Boeing’s business through the end of the 1990’s, and how company management recognized the importance of reinventing their core business in order to remain competitive in the consumer air travel segment. We learned how in-depth of a process it can be to successfully design and produce a new airplane with revolutionary technology and high-tech manufacturing
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Boeing is considered as the biggest airline manufacturer and the most commercially successful. During the 1990s, Boeing began developing a new plane that would be more efficient therefore their solution was the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that was intended to change its way commercial airline work. However the engineering, financial, and most importantly the ethical challenge faced by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner nearly crippled the company. After two fires on two different planes, one
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Boeing Company Prepared by Ivo Ivanov, group 1323 Fac. number: 12114158 I. Introduction In March 1910, William E. Boeing bought Heath's shipyard in Seattle on the Duwamish River, which later became his first airplane factory. Nowadays Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles
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TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. ii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... ii ABSTRACT............................................................................................................................ iii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .....................................................
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Development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Dararoth Rath DevRy University PROJ 595 Instructor: Willie Hosch 01/24/2013 Introduction In 2003 Boeing started a building concept called 7E7 prior to changing it 787 in 2005. The Boeing 787 project dreamliner is to build a 20% lighter plane due fully builds from composite material, latest in flight entertainment technology, ability to carry more passengers, larger over head bins, larger cargo space, increasing nautical miles in mid range aircraft
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Paper Boeing is the largest manufacturer of commercial and military airplanes, is the world’s leading aerospace company, and has a long tradition of leadership and innovation in the aerospace industry. Boeing is an international company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and employs more than 158,000 employees worldwide. The company’s corporate structure consists of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space, and Security Divisions (Boeing, 2010). In the early 2000s Boeing struggled
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competition involving the European owned Airbus and the USA owned Boeing. These two companies exist as a duopoly at the top end of the commercial aeroplane manufacturing industry that covers the development of airplanes with a capability of more than 200 persons. Other aeroplane manufacturers also exist but at the lower end of the industry, these smaller firms mainly develop low capacity airplanes that basically convey less than 150 persons. Boeing is a United States of America based company which was founded
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Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. Boeing has
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primera aeronave con dos cubiertas a lo largo de todo su fuselaje, a diferencia del Boeing 747 en el que, aunque también posee dos, la cubierta superior abarca solamente la parte delantera del fuselaje. Posee una capacidad máxima de 853 pasajeros —en una hipotética configuración de alta densidad de clase turista—, convirtiéndose en el avión comercial más grande del mundo. Supera de esta manera al ya mencionado Boeing 747, al brindar un área útil de un 49% más que este último —según el propio fabricante—
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