This week, Dave Calhoun, an acolyte of the late Jack Welch, the legendary longtime chief executive of General Electric, said he was quitting as chief executive of Boeing, joining the list of ...

One of the parts that remains is GE Aerospace, which makes engines used on Boeing jets and other planes. Under its longtime CEO Jack Welch, GE grew to corporate success with a strong focus on ...

Who gets the top job? Calhoun, like 2005-2015 CEO Jim McNerney, was a Jack Welch-era General Electric alumni with a background in finance, and little else. Boeing needs someone less focused on ...

He ran McDonnell Douglas at the time of its merger with Boeing. McNerney was a Harvard M.B.A. with a management pedigree from Jack Welch’s General Electric who had completed a stint running 3M.

To comprehend Boeing’s remarkable swoop, we must bring back Jack Welch, the legendary CEO of General Electric (GE), who orchestrated the impressive innovation of the company from 1981 to 2001.

In 1996, Phil Condit, then president of Boeing, and Jack Welch, then Chief Executive Officer of General Electric, saw a niche in the market for a large corporate jet to serve governments and large ...

First, Boeing has to dump what George called the Jack Welch-inspired culture of “cut costs and don’t invest,” a favorite of corporate managers in the late 1990s and early 2000s — but which ...

This week, Dave Calhoun, an acolyte of the late Jack Welch, the legendary longtime chief executive of General Electric, said he was quitting as chief executive of Boeing, joining the list of ...