Strength Weakness Ability to serve customers at 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
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Real Threat of new Entrants When deciding on entering an industry as a new company one must be aware of the borrow costs of bank loans and credit rates. The meat packing and manufacturing industry is not easy to break into although it can be done. Real Threats of Substations Product or Services The threat of substation is high due to the fact that so many competitors are in this market. This type of saturation in the market even affects the level of competition. That doesn’t mean that it affect
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disorganized‚ do you have a short temper‚ or are you poor at handling stress)? Do you have personality traits that hold you back in your field? For instance‚ if you have to conduct meetings on a regular basis‚ a fear of public speaking would be a major weakness. Again‚ consider this from a personal/internal perspective and an external perspective. Do other people see weaknesses that you don’t see? Do co-workers consistently outperform you in key areas? Be realistic – it’s best to face any unpleasant truths
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three times the population of Britain in fact‚ but Russia was an immense country‚ and the population was spread out. They had an average army size‚ but being so far out on the edge of Europe‚ it would be hard to assemble and move an army. The main weakness of both Austria-Hungary and Russia was that neither had any colonies at all. This gave them a huge disadvantage‚ for several reasons. Firstly‚ if things went bad for them in war and they needed more soldiers‚ they could not bring them from anywhere
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Kate Keller plays the role of an obsessive mother and a typical wife in the play “All My Sons” It his her motherliness that defines her character the most‚ as the fist few stage directions refer to “mother” as‚ ‘Mother […] is in her early fifties‚ a woman of uncontrolled inspirations‚ and an overwhelming capacity for love.’ This “overwhelming capacity of love” is mostly seen for her son Larry who seems to be dead‚ but Kate is just not ready to accept reality and move on. Even before mother’s
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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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. Over the time covered here‚ did Hewlett-Packards board of directors fulfill its duties to the company’s share owners? Explain how it met or did not meet basic duties. He did not fulfill his duties to the company. The board directors let a few influence their decisions. They did not take their decisions based solely on what was best for the company and their shareholders. It became a war between board members for control. 2. What different perspectives on the role of the board are revealed in
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networking products and resources‚ consulting and integration services and software‚ as well as personal computing and related access devices‚ imaging and printing related products and services. The usage of notebook in recent years increases tremendously. HP focuses on their research and development of notebook in such a way that certain types of notebooks are specifically programmed and designed for professional use whereas some other type of notebooks are specifically programmed for personal use. Place
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5. Were the changes initiated by Fiorina justified? At the time when Fiorina took over HP‚ she faced many problems‚ for instance stagnating technology‚ losing market share to competitors. Many expected her to help the company. She made many changes on structure and policies of the company. Although the overall outcomes of her changes are not as good as expected‚ the changes initiated by her were still justified because the situation of the company drove her focus more on outcome than people. One
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CASE: GS-3A DATE: 05/01 (Rev’d. 3/8/04) Hewlett-Packard Company DeskJet Printer Supply Chain (A) INTRODUCTION Brent Cartier‚ Manager for Special Projects in the Materials Department of Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company’s Vancouver Division‚ clicked off another mile. It had been a long week and it looked like it would be a long weekend as well‚ based on the preparation that needed to be done for Monday’s meeting with Group Management on worldwide inventory levels for the DeskJet Printer product line
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