[lbo-talk] Imperial Decline, the HP Way

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From: "Dennis Redmond" <metalslorg at gmail.com>

An exemplary study of how US elite incoherence is wrecking companies
from within:

http://www.businessweek.com/management/how-hewlettpackard-lost-the-hp-way-09232011.html?campaign_id=rss_topStories

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Have to admit I was speechless when I read that Meg Whitman is taking over as CEO. What a joke.

It was, in its heyday, one of the finest and most labor friendly companies in the valley. I worked for one of its children, Tandem for a few years, and that was a pleasure.

Joanna