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    Hp Compaq

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    Ability to serve customers at lower cost  Compaq was a significant player in enterprise systems and HP in IT services business  Wider spectrum of products for its clients through the merger  Strong brand recognition‚ something that takes time to build  Highly complimentary R&D  Overlapping management  Overlapping product lines  Diluted interests in imaging and printing which were traditionally HP’s strengths Opportunity Threat  The next IBM? (HP was looking to expand its services business

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    HP COMPAQ

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    Case Analysis Hewlett-Packard-Compaq :The Merger decision Group no 3 Ninad Nigam Vivek Sharma 16 31 Abstract Of case        The spirit of Case is primarily based on the issues related with potential acquisition of Compaq by HP. Case tells about circumstances of computer hardware industry at 2001‚market was highly competitive‚ frequent and fast product introduction in market ‚continuous improvements in product/price characteristics market needs quick customization in products and service

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    Hp-Compaq M&a

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    The HP-COMPAQ Merger “A hi-tech giant or another merger fiasco” 1 Executive Summary. The world’s largest corporate Information Technology merger began in September 2001 when HP announced that they would acquire Compaq in an all stock purchase valued at $25 billion. Over an 8 month period ending in May 2002‚ the merger passed shareholder and regulatory approval with the end result being one company. The new HP has annual sales of approximately $90 billion which is comparable to IBM‚ and an

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    Hp Compaq Merger

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    THE HEWLETT-PACKARD AND COMPAQ MERGER LIST OF TOPICS S. No. | TOPIC | 1 | Executive Summary | 2 | The IT Industry Profile | 3 | Introduction to the Company Profile – HP and Compaq | 4 | Pre-Merger stats for HP and Compaq | 5 | Relative Performance of HP and Compaq | 6 | HP-Compaq Merger | 7 | Objectives of the Merger | 8 | Expectations from the Merger of HP and Compaq | 9 | Key Points that encouraged the Merger Decision | 10 | Advantages of Merger and Opposition

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    Hp and Compaq Merger

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    University November 6‚ 2011 Hewlett- Packard Company‚ referred to as HP‚ is an American multinational information technology company. Its headquarters is based in California USA. The company was founded in 1939 built in a Palo Alto garage by Bill Hewlett and David Packard and is now one of the world’s largest information technology companies operating worldwide in almost every country. It has 87‚000 employees in 120 countries. HP specializes in developing‚ manufacturing computing‚ data storage‚ and

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    Hp / Compaq Merger

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    Hewlett-Packard | HPCompaq merger | M&A‚ Finance and Investments‚ MSc. | 29th November‚ 2012 | | | | Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 1. Executive summary In the spring of 2002‚ Hewlett-Packard Co (‘HP’ from here on) obtained all of the outstanding common shares of Compaq Computer Corp (‘CC’

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    Do you support Fiorina’s proposal to acquire Compaq? What are the pros and cons? Yes‚ We Support Fiorina’s Proposal to acquire Compaq in view of the following Merits:  The merger would enable both companies to achieve economies of scale and increased market share thereby enabling them to compete with market leader i.e Dell  Leadership in key Markets: HP and Compaq both had some core strength areas such as Industry standard servers made by Compaq and HP’s strength in high end servers would make

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    Contents Abstract 1 Key words: merger HP Compaq synergy 1 1.Introduction of the case 1 1.1 The Hewlett-Packard Company 1 1.2 The Compaq Company 2 1.3 Motives 2 1.3.1 Strategic motives 2 1.3.2 Financial motives 3 Operating Synergy (mainly from cost savings) 3 Contribution Margin 3 2.HP’s Concerns 4 2.1 Business portfolio 4 2.2 Strategic problems 4 2.3 Financial impacts 4 2.4 Integration risk 5 3.Analysis and solutions 5 3.1 Stand-alone valuation 5 3.2 Synergy valuation 6 3.3 Premium

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    Beating Dell: Why HP Acquired Compaq In 2001‚ Hewlett-Packard (now HP) shocked the business world when its former CEO‚ Carly Fiorina‚ announced that rival computer-maker Compaq had agreed to be acquired by HP. The announcement came at the end of a year in which slumping demand and strong competition from Dell had buffeted both companies. The merged company would have annual revenues of about $87.4 billion‚ putting it in the same league as IBM‚ and would be able to provide customers with a full range

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    Functions of the HQ Unit in the Multi-Business Firm‚” do economies of scale and economies of scope provide cost advantage opportunities to firms? · What considerations would be relevant to a firm’s deciding which strategy (scale or scope) to adopt? · How does the choice of executive focus – strategic planning‚ strategic control‚ financial control – influence HQ functions and approaches in a multi-business firm? In economies of scale lower cost of goods sold by leveraging increased production volume

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