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- January 2006 (Revised October 2006)
- HBS Case Collection
Hewlett-Packard: The Flight of the Kittyhawk (A)
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Abstract
Hewlett-Packard decided that, to grow more rapidly, it needed to design a revolutionary disk drive product that would create an entirely new market or application for magnetic recording technology. The company followed most of the "rules" good managers follow in such situations: heavyweight project team, lots of senior management support, etc. But it still failed.
Keywords
Management; Information Infrastructure; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Computer Industry; United States
Citation
Christensen, Clayton M. "Hewlett-Packard: The Flight of the Kittyhawk (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-088, January 2006. (Revised October 2006.)