Carly v Walter.

Looks at how the battle over Hewlett-Packard's (HP) plan to buy Compaq, a rival computer maker, is becoming more personal. Arguments in the HP management, led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Carly Fiorina and Walter Hewlett, board member and son of a co-founder of HP; Hewlett's belief that the mer...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 362; no. 8257; p. 59
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 1/26/2002
Subjects:	Computer industry mergers Hewlett-Packard Co. Compaq Computer Corp. Fiorina, Carly, 1954- Hewlett, Walter
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Looks at how the battle over Hewlett-Packard's (HP) plan to buy Compaq, a rival computer maker, is becoming more personal. Arguments in the HP management, led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Carly Fiorina and Walter Hewlett, board member and son of a co-founder of HP; Hewlett's belief that the merger is a mistake; Advertisements which defend the merger and attack Hewlett; Characterization of Hewlett by the company as a clueless heir.