Yuri A. Batten Module 2 Case 2: HP Pretexting Scandal ETH501 TUI University Dr. Bonnie Adams Who is ever responsible for the wrong-doings of a corporation? Is it the person who actually commits the crime or the company that hired the person who committed the crime? In today’s world of finger pointing and blame shifting‚ anyone’s guess is as good as mine. Should Patricia Dunn‚ former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard (HP)‚ have been forced to resign? In my mind the answer is yes‚ without
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1. INVENTORY/SERVICE CRISIS FOR HP DESKJECT PRINTERS There are a number of causes of the inventory/service crisis described in HP: • The first cause was the demand variability of printers. For example‚ the demand for model A in Europe had the monthly standard deviation of 32.4 while the monthly mean was 42.3. Combined with increasing pressure from resellers that forced HP to offer the resellers flexible distribution‚ fluctuations in demand resulted in the high levels of safety stocks and high
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what way is a universal power supply a postponement strategy? It allows HP to postpone (product standardization‚ postponement) the allocation of laser printers (or specification of printer engine) to specific regions by about two months. Thus‚ in these two months the decisions can be made based on the aggregate demand forecast (US & Europe) in all regions. Production team believes universal power supply can enable HP to better respond to regional demand (US & Europe) and reduce its inventory
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Hewlett-Packard | HP – Compaq 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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devices. In 1968‚ HP came up with its first minicomputer which found immediate industrial application and in 1972 it introduced a handheld calculator which sold exceedingly well‚ despite a higher price. However‚ competition forced HP to reduce its price later. All these products were not developed for the mass market but employed two different methods to determine products and markets – ask co-workers what was needed or build a machine for one customer and market it to others. In 1984‚ HP launched three
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Robert F. Bruner‚ APPLIED MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest43708-380676-hp-compaq-merger-analysis-entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/ 12 23 Carly’s Big Party Plans 5.0% sales erosion 8.1% EBIT margin (resulting from $2.5BN cost savings) 7.0% net income margin 10.7% ROC Post-merger share price: $24.85 Synergy Calculations HWP Intrinsic Firm Value 3 6‚695‚889 CPQ Intrinsic Firm Value 10‚682‚654 Value
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attributes within corporate markets and HPs consumer market exposure. Also the divisions represent the least differentiated attributes of HPQ’s portfolio‚ in comparison to competitors. Competitor pricing has PC operating margins between 4.6% and 7.3%‚ for the past 10 years printer supplies has delivered operating margin between 15.5% and 18.3%. HP’s services engagements are typically large‚ long-term in nature‚ and expensive for the customer to migrate to another vendor. HP has aggressively expanded its services
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QuickSpecs Overview HP Compaq 6730b Notebook PC HP recommends Windows Vista® Business 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Optional VGA webcam Volume mute button with LED indicator Volume scroll zone with up/down LED indicators Serial port Optical drive/Upgrade Bay Media Card Reader (2) USB 2.0 ports Touchpad with scroll zone Optional HP Fingerprint Sensor 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 10. Touchpad buttons Hard drive activity / HP 3D DriveGuard LED indicator Battery charging LED
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QuickSpecs Overview HP EliteBook 8460p Notebook PC HP EliteBook 8560p Notebook PC 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 16. WLAN antennas (3) WWAN antennas Webcam LED indicator (with optional webcam) Dual-microphone array Optional 720p HD webcam Ambient Light Sensor HP Night Light on/off button HP Night Light Wireless on/off button with LED indicator HP QuickWeb button with LED indicator Volume mute button with LED indicator Pointstick Optional HP Fingerprint Sensor Pointstick
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My report is on the company Hewlett – Packard (HP) which was founded in 1939. I mainly focused on the Personal Systems Group (PSG): business and consumers PCs mobile computing devices and workstations which is one of the major industries of HP. In order to succeed in the business industry a company needs to understand its customer’s needs and create wants for them. HP found out that the customer needed light weight‚ useful notebook PCs through its Research & Development (R&D) centre. Hence‚ it created
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