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Globalisation and the Boeing 787

Ruth Tarrant

28th January 2016

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The Boeing 787 is a triumph of global engineering, using skills, expertise and materials from around the world. But when you look more closely at the complexity of its global supply chain, it's easy to see why its development took 3 years longer than expected!

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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