Hewlett-Packard's Disastrous Acquisition of the Software and Services Company,Autonomy,points to the Problem

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Hewlett-Packard's disastrous acquisition of the software and services company,Autonomy,points to the problem that the acquirer has much less information about the company than the seller.An additional problem of the Autonomy acquisition is that acquisitions that are intended to change the acquirer's business model are riskier than acquisitions that seek to leverage the existing business model.

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