TrebleTip Corp., a producer of musical instruments, decides to start manufacturing personal computers that are compatible with its amplifiers and effects processors. This change by TrebleTip is a(n) _____.
A) shallow change
B) incremental change
C) first-order change
D) second-order change

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The decision by TrebleTip Corp. to start manufacturing personal computers that are compatible with its amplifiers and effects processors represents a second-order change. This is because the company is making a fundamental shift in its business strategy by entering a completely new market that is different from its core business of producing musical instruments.