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Rosen cavalier.

Reports on the dismissal of Eckhard Pfeiffer as chief executive of Compaq Computer in April of 1999. How Chairman Ben Rosen orchestrated his dismissal; The unusual board structure of Compaq and how Rosen used it to oust Rod Canion, Pfeiffer's predecessor; How Rosen remains relatively unknown in the...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 351; no. 8116; pp. 66 - 67
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 4/24/1999
Subjects:
Canion, Rod
Compaq Computer Corp.
Computer industry
Pfeiffer, Eckhard
Rosen, Ben
Computer industry personnel
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Reports on the dismissal of Eckhard Pfeiffer as chief executive of Compaq Computer in April of 1999. How Chairman Ben Rosen orchestrated his dismissal; The unusual board structure of Compaq and how Rosen used it to oust Rod Canion, Pfeiffer's predecessor; How Rosen remains relatively unknown in the computer industry; His task of fixing Compaq's problems and finding a new chief executive.