Description: On Monday November 2, 2015, HP—valued at $50 billion—will split in two equally sized companies. The split is the latest rehabilitation effort to turnaround the company. However, this strategy is in contrast to the consolidation strategy prevalent in the IT sector

Source: Financial Times

Date: November 01, 2015

Video and Text Link: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/222a9a40-7f22-11e5-98fb-5a6d4728f74e.html#axzz3qHsXxPJR

Questions for Discussion:

1. Discuss the reasons for the split.
2. Has Meg Whitman failed to turnaround HP?
3. Compare and contrast HP’s strategy to split versus Dell’s strategy to consolidate by acquiring EMC for $63 billion?