a. How is Danaher able to generate such large profits on such a mundane and sprawling portfolio

Question:

a. How is Danaher able to generate such large profits on “such a mundane and sprawling of sleepy, under loved industrial businesses”?
b. What is lean manufacturing?
c. Do you think that Danaher’s use of the kaizen philosophy has greater effect when it is selecting the companies to purchase or when it owns the companies? Explain your answer.
d. Consider the organization you currently work for or one you have worked for in the past. How easy would it be to introduce the kaizen philosophy in that organization? Explain your answer.
Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...