General Electric Healthcare 2006 Case Solution
In January 2006, Joe Hogan, the head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, ready to enter the footwear William Castell, as chief executive officer of GE Healthcare, a leading worldwide manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt Amersham bought for $ 10 billion. The acquisition is part of GE-wide move Immelt to re-emphasize research and development. Hogan run predecessor GE Healthcare, GE Medical Systems (GEMS). 20-year veteran of GE, Hogan witnessed three different stages of development of the subsidiary, as it has evolved from a global product Co (GPC) in the modified GPC, and then GE Healthcare. By 2005 the company had a 34% market share worldwide diagnostic equipment business images. GE executives designed to accelerate the acquisition of the company from design and physics-based diagnostic company in the life sciences-care solutions company that can better meet the health needs of the world. Hogan wondering: What challenges Gems' previous quantum jumps herald a new step change in the function "Hide
by Tarun Khanna, Elizabeth A. Raabe Source: Harvard Business School 25 pages. Publication Date: January 24, 2006. Prod. #: 706478-PDF-ENG