is to how to protect that intellectual property from the rest of the industry through an efficient intellectual property strategy so that none of the competitors in the market copy what you have discovered. Since the First Flight of Wright brothers back in 1903 no one could ever imagine how fast the aviation industry would change and new innovations will be made with in the next decades to come. Over the past decades‚ innovation has totally changed the face of aviation industry and Boeing is one
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Boeing Versus Airbus In today’s marketplace‚ distinct differences in the way competitive products work have become increasingly rare. But functional product differentiation is exactly what the rivalry between the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is all about: Two companies with fundamentally different products‚ based on diametrically opposite visions of the future‚ engaged in a Hatfields versus McCoys battle with billions of dollars at stake. Each company
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Overview of Boeing The Boeing Company 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
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discusses the history of Boeing and salient forces affecting the global aircraft industry‚ along with the key strategic issues driving Boeing’s competitive strategies. Boeing and Airbus dominate the global aircraft industry‚ but have very different visions of the future of commercial air travel. Consequently‚ the strategies they have devised to manage the competitive environment are disparate. The case provides a unique opportunity to explore these differences‚ how functional strategies support
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The Boeing Company Introduction The Boeing Company is one of the worlds largest US based aerospace company which is founded by William Boeing in 1913. Boeing manufactures defense‚ space and security systems and commercial airlines. Boeing is well known for its wide range of products and services which include commercial and military aircrafts‚ weapons‚ satellites‚ electronic defense systems‚ launch systems and information and communication systems (Boeing‚ 2013). One
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The Boeing Company Fall 2012 Table of Contents I. Legal Structure……………………..……………………………………Pages 1-18 II. Strategic Situation……………………………………………………Pages 19-30 III. Marketing Competition……………………………………………Pages 31-50 IV. Financials………………………………………………………………..Pages 51-70 V. Research Report………………………………………………………Pages 71-91 VI. Stock Ownership……………………………………………………Pages 92-107 VII. Value-Enhancing Transactions……………………………Pages 108-135 VIII. Money Where
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In 2004‚ Boeing was one of the United States’ largest manufacturers‚ with nearly 160‚000 employees and a net income of$I.87 billion. It was the world’s largest acrospace company‚ and‚ for decades‚ had dominated the world’s commercial Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College. Harvard Business School Case 807-011. Professors Lynda M. Applegate and Joseph S. Valacich (Washington State University) and Research Associates Mara E. Vatz and Christoph Schneider prepared this case
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The Boeing 7E7 WACC Estimation In order to evaluate the prospective IRRs from the Boeing 7E7‚ we first try to estimate an appropriate required rate of return for accepting this project. The capital asset pricing model is applied to estimate the cost of equity of the commercial aircraft division: R_EC= β_EC*(R_M-R_f )+R_f where REC is the cost of equity capital of the commercial aircraft division. βEC is the beta for the commercial division of Boeing. This beta is used instead of the company’s
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estimation of Boeing’s WACC must be consistent with the overall valuation approach and the definition of cash flows to be discounted. Note that this process is a forward looking focus and is laden with uncertainty. It is how the assumptions are modeled that many costly mistakes can be made. While finding a rate of return for an individual project‚ it is important to remember that WACC is only appropriate for an individual project. The many factors affecting WACC are: general economic
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Boeing 777 QUESTION 1: The WACC that Boeing should use to discount the cash flows for the Boeing 777 investment is the WACC of the Boeing’s commercial division. Step 1: We needed to calculate the Beta of the commercial division of Boeing. We know that Beta of Boeing Corp. is the weighted average of the defense division Beta and the commercial division Beta. We started by calculating the unlevered Beta of Boeing Corp. We did that by unlevering the long-term Boeing Betas i.e.‚ more
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