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Discussion Questions

1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of fully integrating business units within a
parent firm? Be specific.

2. Discuss the impact of HP’s strategic reversals over the last decade on its various
constituencies such as customers, employees, stockholders, and suppliers. Be specific.

3. Discuss the strategic advantages and disadvantages of diversified versus relatively


focused firms? Be specific.

4. To what do you attribute the inconsistent and incoherent strategic flip-flops at Hewlett-
Packard during the last decade? Be specific.

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