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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This paper aims to analyze the process of recruitment within Hewlett Packard Ltd. There will be highlighted the strong points of the recruitment process but also the weak points of it. Also we will have a case study made on a person that was part of the recruitment process of HP‚ Andreea Popa‚ who is also one of the group members that made this project. Among the strong points we will mention the “Work – Life balance” concept. At the other side of the story‚ among the weaknesses of the recruitment
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Hewlett-Packard: The Flight of the Kittyhawk The HP Kittyhawk case allows students to explore in detail why it is so difficult for established firms to succeed at disruptive technologies. The Kittyhawk team developed a 1.3 inch disk drive: a disruptive technology in every sense. From a project management point of view‚ HP did everything right. They had set up an autonomous project team‚ and gave the project heavy senior management support. The team focused on the emerging personal digital assistant
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Examples A SWOT analysis can be used in many ways. Two case studies are offered below to illustrate what a SWOT analysis might look like in different situations: a more detailed level‚ using a soft drinks manufacturer as an example‚ and a simpler level‚ using a children’s charity by way of example. In any particular situation‚ the style and detail of the analysis will depend on the goal. Case study 1: a detailed SWOT analysis Company A has one major competitor in the marketplace‚ a soft
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organization to achieve their organizational goal. Where‚ SHRM bridges the gap between employees and firm. It involves better management of employment relationship of all the employees in an organization to donate best towards the organizations objective. In HP HR people are able to develop strong working relationships with management in which HR have great role in the process of decision making. In this 21st centuary‚ we can see many of the organisations facing human resources issues and these issues have
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producing plants‚ in which 23 are producing cement now‚ one cement plant if for only white cement and 4 are going to start producing cement by the end of this year‚ and these plants are producing yearly about 18 million tons of cement. The BCG Matrix of HP RELATIVE MARKET SHARE POSITION High Medium Low 1.0
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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 to the Merger | 11 | Considerations
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Introduction In this case William Hewlett and David Packard with headquarters in Palo Alto‚ California founded Hewlett-Packard Company in 1939. HP diversifies its production into electronic test‚ measurement equipment and computers and peripherals products: in 1990‚ HP had over 50 operations worldwide with revenues of $13.2 billion and net income of $739 million. In 1988‚ the Deskjet printer was introduced and had become one of HP’s most successful products‚ with sales of 600‚000 units/$400 million
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part-time work in a garage with $538 in working capital. Bill ’s study of negative feedback results in HP ’s first product the resistance-capacitance audio oscillator (HP 200A)‚ an electronic instrument used to test sound equipment. The 40s HP´s products won excellent acceptance among engineers and scientists. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard create a management style that forms the basis of HP ’s famously open corporate culture and influences. They run the company according to the principle
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services known as an “industry”. An industry is thus a group of firms producing similar products or services. By similar products we mean products that consumer perceive to be substitutes for one another. Eg. Firms that produce PC’s such as apple‚ HP‚ IBM‚ Wipro‚ HCL‚ Although there are usually some differences among the competitors‚ each industry has its own set of “rules of combat” governing such issues as product quality‚ pricing and distribution. This is especially true in industries that
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