Long-term advantages of division of Johnson & Johnson Inc.

As a rule, analysts consider as a positive step division of the large companies as it allows the management to concentrate attention on the business purposes of new, more compact units, creating opportunities for increase of operational and financial efficiency of all parties. However, when a similar step in the middle of November declared Johnson & Johnson Inc. (NYSE: JNJ), investors reacted frostily. The world's largest pharmaceutical company reported about intention to separate from businesses health care the consumer brands, including Band-Aid, Tylenol and J%26J Baby Powder, which here already on...