Boeing Merger

Boeing is a world renown producer of jets and commercial airliners. Boeing is a corporation that also produces things for the United States Military. When Boeing was in the making, William E. Boeing there founder graduated from Yale and wanted to take some risks. He took a risk in the Northwest timber industry which that experience helped him drastically in aviation. Boeing became what it is today under his guidance and in 1934 there was a mandated dispersion of the company.
Some advantages of Boeing being a big corporation is that they are treated as a person. They can have their own bank accounts. There is a rank of people starting with the share holders. Some disadvantages are that they are double taxed. Another is that they can be sued. They are …show more content…
Boeing does currently sell stock to the public. They are always looking for new investors. They are a growing company and would be a great company to invest in. Boeing has merged with another lead competitor in the aerospace industry. The corporation was McDonnell-Douglas. The merger took place in 1996. It was a stock-for-stock transaction. Boeing is a multinational company. They have operations in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Boeing has an alliance with the McDonnell-Douglas Company. They each bought part of the stock in the company so it would be more of a partnership. Boeing is not a franchise because they build and design aircraft. The company has their own factories and contracts and therefore do not need to have a franchise to sell their aircraft. Boeing has a board of directors which