The Key Lesson to Be Drawn from the Failures That

question 25

True/False

The key lesson to be drawn from the failures that Hewlett-Packard has experienced in acquiring software and services companies EDS and Autonomy is that acquisitions that aim to change a company's business model are more risky than acquisitions that seek to leverage the existing business model.

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