Should Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and, later, Ed Colligan from the base of Palm, Inc, through the base of Handspring, to the extent that Handspring and Palm began to consider the merger. Examines the conditions that drove the two competing companies to merge. In a relatively stagnant market for personal technology, Handspring lack the financial resources to start up your next generation product, Treo 600, however, the situation in the market Palm, threatening lack of breakthrough product innovation and sustainable growth plans. Since its founding, Handspring cherished rivalry with its main competitor, Palm, Inc By early 2003, Palm, Inc has stabilized the business, while Handspring was in a dire financial situation. Handspring had two financing alternatives: pipes and the merger with Palm - give rise to two different states of the operating company. The Board of Directors and management team were fairly evenly distributed between the two proposals, each of which is associated with uncertainty. "Hide
by John Glynn, Joshua Spitzer Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 25 pages. Publication Date: January 18, 2005. Prod. #: E189-PDF-ENG
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