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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HP Hewlett-Packard is the world’s largest manufacturer of personal computers in the world in terms of unit volume and annual revenue. Its Personal Systems Group (PSG) has a 17.9% market share though the Personal Systems Group forms 34% of HP’s total revenue. Segmentation Hewlett-Packard follows the differentiated manner of marketing since HP targets different markets depending on their income budget or the customer needs. With the acquisition of Compaq‚ they have added more budget computers into
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Executive Summary Hewlett-Packard’s personal computer (PC) division operates in a hyper-competitive‚ highly-commoditized industry subject to dynamic shifts. The PC industry is driven by technological advancements requiring continuing commitment to research and development to capture the ever-changing PC market. For most of the past five years‚ Hewlett-Packard led the PC industry in terms of market share. However‚ Hewlett-Packard’s market share is currently declining
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Title: Case 5 Hewlett- Packard’s Secret Surveillance of Directors and Journalist Martha E Richard Aiken Technical College Abstract Obtaining confidential information by posing as another person was unethical. There are other avenues that could have been assessed to get to the person who was responsible for the leakage in the cooperation to the media. Seeking a private investigation team was an extreme measure in my opinion. What is done in the darkness shall always reveal itself in
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Webster 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
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Factors contributing to Carly Fiorina’s meteoric rise: Carly Fiorina lead a Fortune 20 company and was actually the first woman to do this. This ranking was based on the importance of a woman’s work in the global environment‚ her influence in the company‚ arc of her career and her influence on mass culture and society. Quickly rising through the ranks of AT&T and Lucent Technologies‚ Carly Fiorina became one of the most powerful businesswomen in the United States. She was the group president of
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3 2. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND 3 3. ORGANIZATION HR CULTURE 3 4. HP WAY 3 5. TRANSFORMATION LEADER 3 6. HP BEFORE AND AFTER THE LEADER 3 7. FUNCTIONS RELATED TO HUMAN RESOURCE 3 8. RECOMMENDATION & CONCLUSION 3 1. INTRODUCTION Hewlett-Packard is one of those companies that have risen to the top. It is a well known company with a good name and great financial successes. But is this company able to remain at this top? Could HP avoid failure that followed success in many high-tech companies
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and supports computers and related products and services. Dell grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become (for a time) the largest seller of PCs and servers. As of 2008 it held the second spot in computer-sales within the industry behind the Hewlett-Packard Company. The company currently sells personal computers‚ servers‚ data storage devices‚ network switches‚ software‚ computer peripherals and televisions. In 2006‚ Fortune magazine ranked Dell as the 25th-largest company in the Fortune 500 list
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added. Mr Milroy said that if the company is to take on its rivals and become a dominant global player‚ its focus has to change. "They need to establish themselves in the developed markets if they have to take on the likes of Dell and Hewlett Packard‚" he said. "Its rivals have a much bigger and better consumer base‚" Mr Milroy added. Expansion vs consolidation The PC market has seen tremendous growth in the past few years‚ but a squeeze on profit margins and rising prices of raw materials
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1) What would you rate as the strengths and weaknesses of the way Hewlett-Packard structured and supported the Kittyhawk team? Be explicit—and defend your position. The following are the strengths of the way HP supported Kittyhawk: • Moved project operations out of DMD’s main building. This move was both iconic and practical. It created the impression of a separate entity to everyone and gave Kittyhawk more autonomy. A hands-off approach to Kittyhawk created a start-up like environment. •
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