The Strategic Options to Improve a Diversified Company's Overall Performance

question 4

Multiple Choice

The strategic options to improve a diversified company's overall performance do not include which of the following categories of actions?

• A)Broadening the company's business scope by making new acquisitions in new industries
• B)Increasing dividend payments to shareholders and/or repurchasing shares of the company's stock
• C)Restructuring the company's business lineup and putting a whole new face on the company's business makeup
• D)Sticking closely with the existing business lineup and pursuing opportunities these businesses present
• E)Divesting weak-performing businesses and retrenching to a narrower base of business operations