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Can HP Change its DNA?

Harvard Business Review

Software had turned into a stronger driver of revenue in the computer industry than hardware, and HP management had realized that it had to make the shift to sustain its growth. It's the company's deeply embedded belief system, its prevailing ethics, and the way people within the company interact with each other and with customers.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

What makes the matter fascinating to industry watchers, approximately their equivalent of the Charlie Sheen supernova, is that Gupta served three terms as managing director of McKinsey & Co., In his tenure as McKinsey's worldwide managing director, Gupta displayed macher-like ambition not just for himself but even more so for his firm.