On Tuesday, April 17, Hewlett-Packard's Richard Walker spoke to a SPRIE audience on the "Impact of Globalization on HP's PC Business." Walker, vice-president and general manager of consumer desktop PCs and a SPRIE advisory board member, discussed the aggressively competitive nature of the PC market and how HP has met the challenges of time-to-market and managing costs to emerge as the #1 PC maker in the world today.

Walker gave a detailed account of HP's operating model and its critical relationships with global supply partners, as well as touching on HP's efforts in local markets.