For this post, read Mini$-$case $8"$GE: Corporate Strategy Gone Wrong" $($Rothaermel pg$.530),$ then answer the following questions and reply to at least one other person's post.

$1.$ What kind of diversification was GE pursuing? What are the sources of value creation with this kind of diversification?

$2.$ Why has GE lost $90\%$ of its valuation since its peak? What has gone wrong?

$3.$ Looking at the diversification$-$performance relationship why was GE able to buck the trend for so long before economic realities caught up with it$?$

$4.$ This April GE broke up an over $100$ year old conglomerate into $3$ seperate entitites as a CEO turnaround strategy $($GE Aerospace, GE Vernova $($energy$)$ and GE Healthcare$)$ and the GE stock ticker will fall to GE aerospace. Do you think GE can regain a competitive advantage now that its refocusing?