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. increasing product line depth
b. decreasing product line depth
c. decreasing product mix breadth
d. increasing product mix breadth
e. introducing brand extensions

C) decreasing product mix breadth

Explanation:

The product mix breadth  refers to the number of product lines that a company produces. A product line includes all the related products that are sold using one single brand.

Since GE's strategy was to exit a market if it couldn't be a top player, then when it exited a market it would eliminate a product line, and that decreases the product mix breadth.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.