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Perfect enough : Carly Fiorina and the reinvention of Hewlett-Packard

Title: Perfect enough : Carly Fiorina and the reinvention of Hewlett-Packard / George Anders.
Author: Anders, George, 1957-
Publication: New York : Portfolio, 2003.

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Description

248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Fresh from her triumph at Lucent, Carly Fiorina took command of Hewlett-Packard in July 1999. Ever since, there has been worldwide fascination with her eventual destiny. She was venturing further than any woman previously had into traditional men's territory. This wasn't just the engineer's realm of bits and bytes; this was the guys' world of beer blasts, rolled-up shirt sleeves, and deer-hunting trips to the founders' ranch.".
"Could Fiorina use her charismatic salesmanship, earthy wit, and iron will to rescue a $40 billion company from a painful period of decline? If she failed, would her missteps destroy Hewlett-Packard, the revered computer and printer company that helped create Silicon Valley?".
"Perfect Enough is the definitive account of the most dangerous year in Carly Fiorina's life, chronicling her daredevil bid to remake HP with a record-shattering $20 billion acquisition of archrival Compaq Computer. Not since the late 1980s - when Wall Street operatives battled over the fate of RJR Nabisco - has a takeover drama so decisively moved beyond the business pages to become an enduring passage in American history."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

1591840031

LCCN

2002045040

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Columbia University Libraries