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Danaher—The Making of a Conglomerate

Bourgeois, L. J. I...

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Danaher—The Making of a Conglomerate

Bourgeois, L. J. III; Nadathur, Sriram

BP-0549 | Published March 31, 2010 | 26 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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Prudential Equity Group had downgraded Danaher to underweight status, citing concerns over its inadequate organic growth. By March 2009, its CEO wondered how to keep growing a company that faced changing worldwide economic circumstances, pressure from low-cost competitors, new competitors, flat or declining demand for company products, price increases for certain raw materials, and criticism from market analysts.

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