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.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
OverDrive, Inc.
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
FE64B32E-A7C2-4DF5-ACAC-2D18F22D5761
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Title
Backfire.
International Standard Book Number
0471267651
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fiorina, Carly.
Hewlett, William R.
Fiorina, Carly.
Fiorina, Carly.
Hewlett, William R.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Compaq Computer Corporation.
Hewlett-Packard Company.
Compaq Computer Corporation.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hewlett-Packard Company.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Computer industry-- United States.
Consolidation and merger of corporations-- United States, Case studies.
Corporations-- Investor relations-- United States, Case studies.
Electronic industries-- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Corporate & Business History.