Hewlitt-Packard Strategic Choices

Running Head : Fiorina 's Tough Choices

Fiorina 's Strategic Choices in HP (Student (University

2009

Introduction

Hewlett-Packard (HP ) is a global provider of personal systems , imaging and printing products , and technology solutions . The company is the largest player in the inkjet printer and laser printer market . Since their merger with Compaq adversity had occurred in the company that ended up to Carly Fiorina to resign as chairman and CEO and ending rocky 5 1 /2-year term at the helm of the Silicon Valley giant

Fiorina 's Strategic Choices

Early

on her term Fiorina had been into Acquisition and Merger . Back in the year 2000 , Fiorina considered buying the consulting division of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Businessweek .com , 2001 ? 12 ) though she backs out when HP shareholders questioned the deal . Then in 2001 Fiorina embarked on planning to acquire Compaq of Houston that set off a bitter proxy battle with the descendants of HP 's founders . However , the following year the shareholders approved the Compaq merger by a slim ratio of 51 to 49 , and defeated board member Walter Hewlett 's open endeavor to influence them that the deal was unconstructive for HP (Kawamoto , 2002 ? 1 . She had implemented adopt-and-go ' strategy wherein products would be retained depending on its profitability market share and brand awareness . She also had initiated the integration process by finalizing the product mix through elimination of redundant product lines . The new ' HP presented Compaq 's corporate PCs , low-end servers , and its iPAQ handhelds , together with HP printers and UNIX...