For many years, General Electric had a corporate strategy of being among the top three firms in any market in which it operated; if it could not achieve a top-three position, it would exit the market. This strategy often resulted in the company ________ when certain product lines failed to meet this expectation.
a. decreasing product mix breadthb. increasing product mix breadthc. increasing product line depthd. introducing brand extensionse. decreasing product line depth