And the losers are.
Presents information on various companies in the personal computer (PC) industry. Strategy adopted by Eckhard Pfeiffer, chairman of Compaq Computer Corp., for the recovery of the company from a troubled phase; Introduction of a new range of PCs, by Compaq, that were a third cheaper than their predec...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 332; no. 7881; pp. 6 - 9 |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
9/17/1994
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