In April 2010, Hewlett-Packard made the second strategic mistake, the purchase of near-bankrupt Palm that supposed to help the company enter the fast growing market for mobile devices that began to replace PCs.
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In 2001, Hewlett-Packard made the first strategic mistake, the purchase of Compaq Computer that supposed to provide the company with the scale advantage in the PC market to compete effectively against Dell Computer (NASDAQ:DELL), IBM, and all sorts of emerging Asian competitors.
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President Bush yesterday announced some small steps like suspending purchases for the strategic reserve and encouraging the purchase of hybrid cars.
The Pentagon has placed so many draconian restrictions on its purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and raised the price so high, that it makes little strategic or economic sense to purchase it.
Concurrently, the two companies have entered into a new strategic agreement for the supply and purchase of LCD panels with a goal of enhancing the competitiveness of both companies.
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But the maker of International brand heavy trucks and buses did make an important strategic move Thursday by announcing it will purchase diesel engines and after-treatment components from its rival Cummins, which is already producing engines that comply with emissions rules set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
But it still made good strategic sense, according to a case study about the purchase by Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School.
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Our somewhat non-traditional, strategic use of SEM taught us that we could influence the purchase decision through the bid process by driving search down the funnel to known opportunities.
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Suppose a strategic acquirer decides to make a series of investments in a biotech company, including purchase of intangibles.
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Cadbury has attempted to secure the Orangina purchase, which was first rumoured in September, as part of a strategic shake-up which has seen it buy Snapple, Slush Puppie and Kraft Foods' sweets business.
One thing that Blackstone and Carlyle could do, should they purchase Gamestop, is to essentially repackage the company to be lucrative for a strategic buyer.
"We can't comment further on Len Riggio's plan to make a proposal to purchase the retail business other than to confirm ongoing discussions between Len and the strategic committee of the board, " Lynch said Thursday.
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