Finnigan Corporation, headquartered in San Jose, California, was the world's leading manufacturer of mass spectrometers, holding a 45% market instruments used for chemical analysis in pharmaceutical product development, environmental testing, genetic testing, and other critical applications . In late 1989, a year after the setbacks and disappointments, financial, the board voted to seek a buyer for Finnigan company. "Hide
by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Barbara Feinberg Source: Harvard Business School 9 pages. Publication Date: August 13, 2001. Prod. #: 902045-PDF-ENG