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Case | HBS Case Collection | December 1986 (Revised January 1988)

Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C)

by Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine

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Abstract

Focuses on the development of a "market driven" culture at Hewlett-Packard (HP); the conflict between autonomous, well integrated divisions making products responsive to their own markets and a greater degree of systems integration at the corporate level; and the integration of the sales, marketing, and research and development functions.

Keywords: Business Divisions; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Production; Organizational Culture; Research and Development; Sales; Integration; Manufacturing Industry;

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Citation:

Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Hewlett-Packard: Manufacturing Productivity Division (C)." Harvard Business School Case 587-103, December 1986. (Revised January 1988.)

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