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Gender stereotyping in the executive suite
As noted earlier here, I am troubled by the recent indictment of former HP chairperson Patricia Dunn. I am equally troubled by what happened to Martha Stewart (see here and here). How much of Dunn and Stewart's troubles are attributable...
HP's board under the microscope
The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray reports in this article ($) (related NYT article here and Newsweek article here) about the internal investigation that ensued of the Hewlett-Packard board of directors after former HP CEO Carly Fiorina (previous posts here)...
Rethinking H-P's merger with Compaq
The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray is rethinking the conventional wisdom with regard to Hewlett-Packard's much-criticized 2002 acquisition of Houston-based Compaq Computer Company that many believe cost former HP CEO Carly Fiorina her job: At a meeting of H-P's board...
The "Carly-got-overpaid" lawsuit
So, two Hewlett-Packard shareholders filed the seemingly inevitable lawsuit yesterday against the company contending that a $21.4 million severance package provided to former CEO Carly Fiorina violated the company's policy on executive compensation. Previous posts on Fiorina's reign at HP...
Carly Fiorina's Seven Deadly Sins
The best summary I have seen to date of why Carly Fiorina failed at Hewlett Packard is contained in this Rich Karlgaard op-ed today in the Wall Street Journal ($). Karlgaard, who is publisher of Forbes and author of Life...
News flash: Carly Fiorina steps down at HP
Carly Fiorina has stepped down as Hewlett-Packard's chairman and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Here's why. Here are previous posts on HP's saga over the past year. By the way, HP shares are surging in early trading....
The end of the imperial CEO?
Don't miss the discussion between the two foremost corporate law experts in the blawgosphere -- Professor Bainbridge and Professor Ribstein (with an update here) -- over the implications to the corporate model of the Hewlett-Packard Co. Board's deliberations over limiting...
HP combines PC and printer units
Despite the fact that the market attributes virtually no value to its $19 billion acquisition of Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp two and a half years ago, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced today that it is combining its printing unit with its personal-computer...
Fourth time a charm?
So, the board of Hewlett-Packard Co. has discussed breaking up the company three different times, but decided to keep it intact, according to CEO Carly Fiorina. Asked at an analysts' conference in Boston yesterday how the company's board viewed a...
How much longer does Carly have?
Following on prior posts here and here, the NY Times' Gretchen Morgenson examines the latest carnage at Hewlett-Packard, Inc over the continued inability of the company to generate any economic benefit from spending almost $20 billion in buying Compaq almost...
HP bloodletting nails former Compaq exec
Continued lackluster corporate spending on technology is seperating the strong from the weak quickly in the high-tech industry. That was certainly apparent yesterday as Dell Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. detailed continued growth and new hiring, while Hewlett-Packard Co....
Two year update on HP-Compaq merger
This Wall Street Journal article ($) provides a good update on the now two year old merger between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp. The theory of the HP-Compaq merger was that it would remake HP. However, the new...
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