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HP once was the icon of good management. But for the past 10 years it has gone through several CEOs and the middle of a turnaround has to write off $9 billion dollars because it acquisition of Autonomy turned out to be a fiasco. HP alleges that Autonomy mis-represented its financial worth. The founder of Autonomy claims that HP destroyed Autonomy within one year.
Read the stories in
Dealbook New York Times
WSJ.com
Economist.com
But here is also a voice that articulates that if you are buying a company to secure your future, many deals will go wrong but some may go right and prevent you from becoming irrelevant.
Acquisitions is like doing R&D with a high failure rate.
Categories: Strategic Management 4 | Topics | Turnarounds | Strategy Implementation - 782 | Case Studies | HP |
Posted on Nov 21, 12
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