In early 2004, with the acquisition of Compaq organizational integration largely complete, top management looking toward the capitalization of potential competitive advantages of strategic integration of the two companies to achieve the goal of becoming the leading technology company in the world. Top management should ensure that HP will achieve excellent profitable growth from a portfolio strategy. This will require the high performance of individual companies in an increasingly competitive environment, the development of new skills, strategic leadership to seize the opportunities for strategic integration throughout the organization, and continued significant innovation. "Hide
by Robert A. Burgelman, Philip Meza Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 31 pages. Publication Date: July 15, 2004. Prod. #: SM125A-PDF-ENG
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