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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HP 1.What was the problem or problems facing HP’s board of directors? The main problem was how the board of directors dealt with finding the source the leaking of information. The board chairman lead a private investigations using pretexting methods to investigate other board members to find the source of the leaking. Pretexting in the form of calling phone companies‚ pretending to be someone else and requesting private information on their account. This method of investigation was highly intrusive
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December‚ 2011 “TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF HP” Submission on ?? Jan‚ 2012 Submitted To: DR. Ahmed Farouk Prepared By: Omar Shams‚ Ehab shafei‚ Walid Sobhy‚(our fifth member) ‚ Yasser Saleh ____________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT This report will present transformation process of hp corp. By discussing the following topics: Organization background‚ organization culture specifically “hp way”‚ One of the leaders who leaded the company
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HP acquired Autonomy by offering 64% premium over its market value of 7.1 Billion which is almost equal to 1.7 times the change in market capitalization value of HP at the announcement. The announcement was not taken very positively by HP shareholders and the decline in stock price resulted in a 4.2 Billion decrease in market value of HP.On the other hand‚ stock price of Autonomy went up by 72%.The whole deal meant that HP had to suffer a loss of almost 8.2 Billion on acquiring Autonomy. When a
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generic strategies available to a firm: differentiation or cost leadership. Both strategies can be applied either into a focused market or a broad market. Do you agree that these are the only two strategies available? Are they mutually exclusive? Why or why not? Porter’s Generic Strategies Target Scope Advantage Advantage Low Cost Product Uniqueness Broad(Industry Wide) Cost Leadership Strategy Differentiation Strategies Narrow (Market Segment) Focus Strategy(low cost) Focus Strategy(differentiation)
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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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Introduction It has been said that Hewlett Packard (HP) has been ahead of its peers in giving back to the community‚ showing concern for work/life balance‚ and acting to preserve the environment long before it was the “in” thing. Currently‚ HP is the largest technology company in the world‚ shipping 3.5 products per second. What supply chain models will help us grow faster? From the development of SPaM‚ HP realized other areas within their supply chain that needed improvement. With the possibilities
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Environmental Product Differentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE STRATEGY Forest L. Reinhardt roducers of toilet tissue‚ outdoor wear‚ tuna‚ beef‚ investment services‚ trash bags‚ and herbicides have recently positioned their products as environmentally preferable‚ with the idea of capturing a price premium‚ winning new customers‚ or both. Managers are looking for ways to reconcile their need to deliver shareholder value with intensifying demands for improved envirofimental performance. Perhaps
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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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* High employee turnover from stress Alternative of differentiation Pros * Highlights company strengths and niches * Attract target customers * Higher revenue per transaction * Lower cost because specialized inventory needs less space Cons * Alienate customers that can’t afford higher cost of product * Higher market risk because business is less diversified Alternative of using both low cost and differentiation Pros * More customer volume * More diversified
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