Using this example and any others with which you are familiar‚ assess the potential implications for business of external growth as compared with organic growth. Organic growth is when a firm expands its existing capacity or range of activities by extending its premises or building new factories for example. External growth however is when two or more businesses come together via a merger or a take-over. There are many implications of external growth. One of the main implications is the ignorance
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question of purchasing for a company. The three computers examined for purchase by the company were the Hewlett Packard Compaq 6300 Small Form Factor desktop Personal Computer‚ the Hewlett Packard Compaq 8300 Elite Small Form Factor desktop Personal Computer‚ and the Hewlett Packard 21 All-In-One workstation w/400W 90% Energy Efficient Chassis Personal Computer. It is determined that the Hewlett Packard 21 model is the most efficient personal computer identified and chosen for use in the company. Personal
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Helping or Hurting HP? 1 table of contents 2 Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Leadership 5 disruptive innovation 6 The HP – Compaq Merger 7 Recommendations 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Abstract This paper will show how one CEO took her own leadership style and completely transformed a company. Carly Fiorina’s strategies for the success of computer giant‚ Hewlett Packard‚ has faced much criticism. Organizational change‚ specifically to the management of the company’s corporate culture‚ has brought
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Customer Relationship Management of Dell - 2 Weeks Ago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dell Inc: (NASDAQ: Dell‚ HKEX: 4331) is a American multinational information technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more
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The Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Merger Introduction HP (Hewlett-Packard) In 1938‚ two Stanford graduates in electrical engineering‚ William Hewlett and David Packard‚ started their own business in a garage behind Packard’s Palo Alto home. One year later‚ Hewlett and Packard formalized their business into a partnership called Hewlett-Packard. During the 1940s‚ HP’s products rapidly gained acceptance among engineers and scientists. HP’s growth was aided by heavy purchases made by the US government
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The Hewlett Packard Company (HP) is a leading American technology company. HP was established by William Hewlett and David Packard in 1939; Operations were organized and set up in Palo Alto California as an up and coming IT and computing Systems Company. As the largest IT Company with revenues totaling $127.2 billion‚ in 2011 HP ranked #11 as a Fortune 500 company and established itself as the leading high technology company in America (HP Annual Report). The organizational structure can be divided
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acquisition strategy between HP and Compaq‚ members of the IT and electronics industry all over the world were threatened with the intensified effort that could result from the integration. Others were surprised because mergers and acquisition strategies may also result to negative implications on the part of the merging companies particularly when differences in the context of strategies‚ culture and goals fail to be fully integrated. Economic For HP and Compaq‚ the merger will increase the competitiveness
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Acquisitions. Hewlett-Packard has strong financial condition. Hewlett-Packard is a global company and became world’s biggest computer hardware. The growth of 26% in the Americas; 28% world-wide percent in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and Africa; and 16 percent in Asia Pacific and Japan with the broad-based global recovery (HP Annual Report‚ 2010). Hewlett-Packard is maintaining the No. 1 position in worldwide market share‚ as well as healthy average selling prices. Hewlett-Packard is differentiating
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The 30s Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard finished their studies as electrical engineersin the Stanford University in 1934. They became close friend and in 1939 they decided to start a business "and make a run for it" themselves. Hewlett-Packard Company is founded January 1939.Bill and Dave begin 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
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5 KEYS THAT DIFFERENTIATE SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LEADERS 1. Create a feeling of energy‚ fun and excitement in the organisation Unsuccessful: settle for who you are; accept your limitations; let morale take care of itself. Many leaders have a great attitude – sometimes known as a “can do” attitude and irrespective of whether they have the skills to do the specific job‚ they have the inspiration and focus to motivate their team to see the vision and this creates a certain
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