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Comparing HP and Dell - Palmer O. Hanson, Jr. - 03-15-2011

The article "Rebooting their systems" on pages 73-74 of the March 12-18 issue of The Economist discusses prospects for HP and Dell. It is interesting readiing. Here's a sentence from the article:

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HP's boss will also need to decide whether the computers-to-calculators company, which has $126 billion of annual revenues and 325,000 employees, can continue to dabble in so many areas.




Re: Comparing HP and Dell - bill platt - 03-15-2011

$388.000, revenue per employee


Re: Comparing HP and Dell - Martin Pinckney - 03-16-2011

I guess you are using the European radix.

In my little company, I would consider one fourth of that to be wonderful.


Re: Comparing HP and Dell - Bill Wiese - 03-16-2011

When we were targeting ourselves to be bought (or other 'exit strategy' perhaps) we were trying to achieve/exceed the magic > $1 million per employee that investors love. That's the sign of growth + a lean operation.

Bill Wiese
San Jose CA


Re: Comparing HP and Dell - Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) - 03-16-2011

These kind of ratios (revenue/employee, etc.) are meaningless and misleading, except for a few cases where other data is also taken into account. Revenue is not the same than profit, profit is not the same than return from investment, and so on. But, sadly, many decision makers make their assesments just based on such ratios... Some of the consequences are visible almost everywhere.


Re: Comparing HP and Dell - bill platt - 03-16-2011

Yes!
You could have $2millions revenue per employee, but be borrowing to make their paychecks....