Please read the mini$-$case $$GE: Corporate Strategy Gone Bad$$

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

$2.$ Discuss changes in GE$$s product and geographic scope $($depicted in Exhibits MC$8\mathrm{.}2$ and MC$8\mathrm{.}3).$ Describe the most important trends. What stands out to you?

$3.$ Why has GE lost a whopping $$530$ billion or almost $90\%$ of its valuation since its peak? What went wrong?

$4.$ Looking at the diversification$-$performance relationship $($depicted in Exhibit $8\mathrm{.}13$ in Chapter $8),$ why was GE able to buck this trend for a long time before economic realities caught up with it$?$

$5.$ After leaving GE$,$ Jeffrey Immelt stated $($in $2018),$The notion of plugging financial services and industrial companies together, maybe it was a good idea at a point in time, but it is a uniquely bad idea now" To what is Immelt referring? Why does he think this is a bad idea? Do you agree? Why or why not?