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The HP way : how Bill Hewlett and I built our company

Title: The HP way : how Bill Hewlett and I built our company / by David Packard ; edited by David Kirby with Karen Lewis.
Author: Packard, David, 1912-1996.
Publication: New York : HarperBusiness, [1995], ©1995.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	HD9696.A3 U5757 1995	Off-site

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xii, 212 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

In the fall of 1930, David Packard left his hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, to enroll at Stanford University. There, he befriended another freshman, Bill Hewlett. After graduation from college, Hewlett and Packard decided to throw their lots in together. They tossed a coin to decide whose name should go first on the notice of incorporation, then cast about in search of products to sell.
Today, the one-car garage in Palo Alto that housed their first workshop is a California historic landmark: the birthplace of Silicon Valley. And Hewlett-Packard has produced thousands of innovative products for millions of customers throughout the world. Their little company employs 98,400 people and boasts constantly increasing sales that reached $25 billion in 1994.
While there are many successful companies, there is only one Hewlett-Packard. Because from the very beginning, Bill and Dave had a way of doing things that was contrary to the prevailing management strategies. In defining the objectives for their company, Packard and Hewlett wanted more than profits, revenue growth, and a constant stream of new, happy customers.

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How Bill Hewlett and I built our company

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ISBN

0887307477

LCCN

95159388

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Columbia University Libraries