In addition, the new Company's Worldwide Operations unit provides the support and strategic direction necessary to ensure the success of the product business groups for the new HP. HP Worldwide Operations will responsible for managing the key horizontal processes that extend across the business groups, including: supply chain, e-business, customer operations, total customer experience and quality, global alliances, finance and information technology. In August 2002, the Company created HP Financial Services, a leasing and financial service subsidiary. HP Financial Services is designed for enhancing HP's worldwide sales efforts by delivering financial services and asset management capabilities that can positively influence HP's customer and partner relationships and shareowner value. HP Financial Services operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of HP.
Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP in 1939. The company's first product, built in a Palo Alto garage, was an audio oscillator "an electronic test instrument used by sound engineers. One of HP's first customers was Walt Disney Studios, which purchased eight oscillators to develop and test an innovative sound system for the movie Fantasia. Whereas Compaq Computer Corporation was formed after a 1982 meeting in a Houston, Texas, pie shop. Together, employees in the new HP share a passion for satisfying customers, an intense focus on teamwork, speed and agility, and a commitment to trust and respect for all individuals. To find out more, choose one of the links below. .
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Part (2) Economic and Industrial Analysis.
Part (3) Company Analysis.
i) Balance Sheet and Income Statement for the last 3 years - HPQ & GTW.
ii) Ratios for HPQ & GTW.
iii) Trend Analysis.
Investors are usually focus on a company's earnings per share (EPS), which is a critical variable in security analysis. The balance sheet shows the assets and liabilities of a specific date, whereas the income statement shows the flows during a period for the items that determine net income.