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A deal for Boeing
Kurt Shillinger
In recent years, the small Gulf state of Qatar has developed a large reputation as a regional peacemaker. On Wednesday, the state carrier Qatar Airways signed a $96 billion deal with Boeing for up to 210 new wide-body jets. That鈥檚 good news for a flagship American company struggling to right itself after high-profile safety failures, worker strikes, and leadership struggles.
The benefits of the agreement may be more than economic. As Mary Crossan, a professor at the Ivey Business School, wrote in Forbes last year about Boeing鈥檚 troubles, leadership failures often result from 鈥渨eaknesses of character more so than competence.鈥� Boeing鈥檚 opportunity to build more planes may be an opportunity to lift its governing culture, too. Read our story about the company here.
