Responding to this entrepreneurial drive, big business in the 1980s found it necessary to downsize and reverse the trend of ____ it had promulgated for so long.
A)innovation
B)restructurings
C)diversification
D)internationalizing
E)None of these choices

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The correct answer is diversification because the sentence suggests that big business had previously promoted a trend that they now needed to reverse due to an entrepreneurial drive. Diversification, which involves a company expanding into new areas or markets, fits this context as something businesses might reverse through downsizing to focus more narrowly.

Responding to This Entrepreneurial Drive, Big Business in the 1980s