The showdown -- The emergence of Carleton Sneed -- Inside the HP way -- Trouble in paradise -- The making of a star -- Searching for a CEO -- An eventful honeymoon -- Unraveling -- Compaq cometh -- The November surprise -- Proxy fight -- The lawsuit.
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This is the inside story of Hewlett-Packard Company's struggle to regain its former glory, and of the high-stakes battle between CEO Carly Fiorina and family scion Walter Hewlett over how best to achieve that goal. For decades, HP was admired not only for its innovative products and soaring stock price, but for its egalitarian corporate culture and father-knows-best integrity. Backfire explains how the company fell on hard times, recounts the historic decision that made Fiorina the world's top-ranking female executive, and brings to life the backlash that resulted when she tried to impose he.
OverDrive, Inc.
OverDrive, Inc.
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Backfire.
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Fiorina, Carly.
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Hewlett-Packard Company.
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Electronic industries-- United States.
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