The What Went Wrong? Feature in Chapter 1 Focuses on Clearly

Multiple Choice

The What Went Wrong? feature in Chapter 1 focuses on Clearly Canadian, a company that introduced a line of fruit-flavored bottled water in the early 1990s. The main takeaway from the feature is that:

A) if a firm says it's capitalizing on an environmental trend, solving a problem, or filling a gap in the marketplace, it has to deliver on its promises
B) if a firm is basing its business idea on solving a problem, its solution must be better than solutions that are currently available
C) if a firm is capitalizing on an environmental trend, it must be a trend that will stay in place for a minimum of 3-5 years for the opportunity to be sustainable
D) brainstorming is an effective technique for generating business ideas
E) focus groups are an effective technique for generating business ideas