United States
Investigations into major US projects — from the Boeing 737 MAX and Denver's automated baggage system to Theranos, JPMorgan's Chief Investment Office loss, NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, California's high-speed rail programme, the Foxconn Wisconsin deal and Apple Park.
8 Investigations
United States appears in 8 Project Insider Asia investigations, covering Billion Dollar Failures, Corporate Disasters, Governance and Design & Delivery. Featured: Boeing 737 MAX, Theranos Fraud and Denver Airport Baggage System and 5 more.
Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing 737 MAX: How MCAS, Certification and Organisational Failures…
Theranos Fraud
Theranos: How False Claims, Weak Governance and Failed Technology Led…
Denver Airport Baggage System
The Automated Baggage System That Delayed an Airport by 16 Months
JPMorgan CIO Trading Loss
How the London Whale Lost $6.2 Billion and Exposed Shadow IT Risk
Mars Climate Orbiter
Pound-Force, Newtons and the Systems-Engineering Failure Behind a…
California High-Speed Rail
From $33 Billion to $128 Billion: How the Ballot Promise Became a Case…
Foxconn in Wisconsin: The $10 Billion Factory That Never Was
13,000 Promised Jobs, More Than $4 Billion in Pledged Taxpayer Support…
Apple Park: How Design Ambition Shaped a Multi-Billion-Dollar Headquarters
Inside the US$5 Billion Campus Where Product-Design Governance Met…
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