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 through both organic and
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1. Discuss the three most serious problems you have identified in the case. Defend why you think they are the most serious. The most serious problems I identified in the case would be the lack of management‚ the structure of management and the reward system. Carly Fiorina’s strategic vision had been underutilized‚ vague and no one knew if the vision was being executed. Employees within the company could not follow the company’s vision and no motivation followed with the employees. With the
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Dot-matrix printers A Tandy 1000 HX with a Tandy DMP-133 dot-matrix printer Main article: Dot matrix printer In the general sense many printers rely on a matrix of pixels‚ or dots‚ that together form the larger image. However‚ the term dot matrix printer is specifically used for impact printers that use a matrix of small pins to create precise dots. The advantage of dot-matrix over other impact printers is that they can produce graphical images in addition to text; however the text is generally
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HP provides people with opportunities to learn essential business and IT skills‚ empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs to succeed in a global economy. For example‚ HP LIFE e-Learning uses HP’s innovative cloud-based technology‚ enabling millions of entrepreneurs and students to establish and grow their own businesses‚ create jobs‚ and help communities thrive. They extend the reach of HP LIFE e-Learning with partners such as the Education Development Center Inc.‚ United Nations Industrial
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The HP-Cisco Alliance In early 1997‚ the first HP-Cisco alliance was first formed. HP was Cisco’s first publicly announced strategic alliance partner. The agreement between the two companies focused on technology collaboration‚ product integration‚ professional services‚ and customer support. The first contract lasted until February of 2002‚ when both HP and Cisco decided to further formalize and expand their alliance by signing a new contract. Shortly afterwards in March of 2002‚ HP merged
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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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becoming also more vulnerable. if we look at the 3D printer what allow us to print endless range of designs including fire arms. New technology can able us to create weapons in our homes in order to maim people is not what we want to take us. It was never so easy to process a fire arm‚ since a few months you can print it out yourself. The only two thinks needed is the released software of the American company Wiki Weapons and the 3D-printer that cost approximately 600 USD. American law says that
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- Partnership as part of the overall strategy - Both companies must continue to improve the efficiency of existing supply chain operations‚ exploring process innovations that might be strategically advantageous to HP - ?Increasing efficiency of existing processes and not discovering more effective alternatives will be counterproductive over time. - Concerns the partnership will hit a brick wall in the near future - How much more efficient can they become on the current practice? - Colaluca wanted:
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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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Contents 1.0 Company background 2 1.1 Introduction 2 2.0 Strategy identification 3 2.1 HP Marketing mix 3 2.1.1Product 3 2.1.2 Place 4 2.1.3 Price 4 2.1.4 Promotion 4 2.2 E-Customer Relationship Management 5 2.3 Virtual Communities 5 3.0 Environmental Analysis 6 4.0 Segmentation and targeting‚ differentiation and positioning 7 4.1 Market segmentation 7 4.1.1 Demographic 8 4.1.2 Psychographic segmentation 9 4.1.3 Geographic segmentation 9 4.1.4 Positioning for the future 9 4.1.5
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