Books on HP

This directory includes links to Amazon reviews and author websites – plus links to read portions of each book online. 

For a directory of links to sites and articles on HP history – the company, the founders, products and reminiscences, reference sites, click here: HP History Links.

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The HP Way

The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard, David Kirby, and Karen Lewis
Collins Hardcover (May 24, 1995) ISBN-10: 0887307477
Collins Paperback (January 3, 2006) ISBN-10: 0060845791 (New forward by Jim Collins.)

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Bill & Dave by Michael S. Malone
Portfolio Hardcover (April 5, 2007) ISBN-10: 1591841526
Portfolio Paperback (March 25, 2008) ISBN-10: 1591841879

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The HP Phenomenon: Innovation and Business Transformation by Charles House and Raymond Price
Stanford University Press (October 9, 2009) ISBN-10: 0804752869

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Introduction at Scribd

Authors: House's blog    House's LinkedIn profile    Price's bio page

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras

[HP is extensively discussed.]
Collins Hardcover (October 26, 1994) ISBN-10: 0060566108 1st edition
Collins Paperback (August 20, 2002) ISBN-10: 0060516402 3rd edition

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Bill & Dave's Memos by Albert Yuen

[Writings on a variety of topics from managing people, to technology, to doing business globally.]
Self-published via Amazon's BookSurge Publishing (February 8, 2007) ISBN-10: 1424327814

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Build An Industry Hot Rod: The Nuts and Bolts of Leaving Competitors in the Dust by Marvin L. Patterson

[Many references to HP, based on the author's '73 - '93 HP R&D management experience.] 
Self-published (October 1, 2008) ISBN-10: 0981728405
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Events and Personalities  (most recent first)

The Big Lie: Spying, Scandal, and Ethical Collapse at Hewlett Packard by Anthony Bianco

PublicAffairs (May 25, 2010) ISBN-10: 1586488031

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Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins by Tom Perkins

[Perkins resigned from HP twice as employee and twice as director.]
Gotham Hardcover (November 1, 2007) ISBN-10: 1592403131

Gotham Paperback (October 7, 2008) ISBN-10: 1592404030  B00263J6KY

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Tough Choices: A Memoir by Carly Fiorina
Portfolio Hardcover (October 9, 2006) ISBN-10: 159184133X

Portfolio Paperback (September 25, 2007) ISBN-10: 159184181X

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Backfire: Carly Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard by Peter Burrows
Wiley Hardcover (February 15, 2003) ISBN-10: 0471267651

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Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett Packard by George Anders
Portfolio Hardcover (January 23, 2003) ISBN-10: 1591840031
Portfolio Paperback (January 27, 2004) ISBN-10: 1591840325

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The Gamesman: The New Corporate Leaders by Michael Maccoby

[Dick Hackborn is the thinly-disguised example.]
Bantam Paperback (January 1978) ISBN-10: 0553114506 or ISBN-10: 0553230999
Simon & Schuster Hardcover (January 31, 1977) ISBN-10: 0671223534

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