Gifts ingredients that went into the main business shift by IBM - investing $ 5 billion in a new production line that would be obsolete any existing product line computers offered competition, or IBM itself. Economic and technical requirements of the new line, System/360, are considered first, human and organizational changes in the IBM follow. Exhibits include a summary of the chronology of the decision, the four organizational chart reflecting the new structure, and financial reports. "Hide
by Joseph L. Bower, William A. Engle Source: Harvard Business School 25 pages. Publication Date: August 3, 1988. Prod. #: 389003-PDF-ENG
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