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Built to Become--HP's History of Becoming--1939-2015: An Integral Process Overview

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This paper conceptualizes HP's history of becoming between 1939 and 2015 in terms of an integral process overview encompassing seven distinct epochs and associated corporate transformations, and discusses the differential contributions of successive CEOs to that integral process. The paper examines how the strategic leadership of successive CEOs has mediated the interplays between external context dynamics manifest in the company's evolving industry ecosystem and the internal ecology of strategy-making. Analysis of the messy process of corporate becoming highlights the paradox of corporate becoming, the antifragility of adaptive capacity of long-lived companies, and the existential situation facing successive CEOs.

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  • Burgelman, Robert A., 2015. "Built to Become--HP's History of Becoming--1939-2015: An Integral Process Overview," Research Papers 3273, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecl:stabus:3273
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    1. Clément Desgourdes & Daniel Leroy, 2019. "Measuring the influence of sensegiving on employees' commitment to work during a period of organizational change [Mesure de l’influence du sensegiving sur l’engagement au travail des salariés en pé," Post-Print hal-02442644, HAL.

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