The Savvy Entrepreneurial Firm boxed feature in Chapter 8 focuses on a scenario involving the selection of a new CEO for New Venture Fitness Drinks. The lesson learned from the feature was:
A) compare a firm's financial ratios against its primary competitors and industry norms to fairly assess how well a firm is performing financially
B) income statements are more effective in assessing how well a firm performing financially than are balance sheets and statements of cash flow
C) the most powerful instrument for understanding how well a firm is performing financially is the statement of cash flows
D) ratio analysis is ineffective
E) look at multiple years of an income statement rather than a single year to fairly assess how well a firm is performing financially

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The lesson learned from the feature is to look at multiple years of an income statement rather than a single year to fairly assess how well a firm is performing financially. This emphasizes the importance of considering trends and patterns over time rather than just relying on a snapshot of a single year. Option A, B, C, and D are not relevant to the lesson learned from the feature.

The Savvy Entrepreneurial Firm Boxed Feature in Chapter 8 Focuses