thing in common – and they do it extraordinarily well. They monitor their business environment to predict future market trends. They analyse external forces‚ such as their competitive environment‚ economic conditions‚ technological possibilities‚ political and legal forces‚ changes in demographics‚ seasonal factors‚ as well as shifts in social behaviour”. Basically they engage their crystal ball and they do it much better than most. Needless to say‚ on New Year’s Day I was feeling a tad lethargic
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MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Introduction: A variety of environmental forces influence a company’s marketing system. Some of them are controllable while some others are uncontrollable. It is the responsibility of the marketing manager to change the company’s policies along with the changing environment. According to Philip Kotler‚ “A company’s marketing environment consists of the internal factors & forces‚ which affect the company’s ability to develop & maintain successful transactions
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Patience ‚ honesty and compassion are the keys towards creating a better world to live In this advanced and modern twenty-first centuries‚ technologies are advancing beyond our imagination‚ from sky scrapers to magnetic bullet train‚ from biological sciences to space exploration. What more could you ask for? But yet‚ competition is so intense to remain at the top. People are becoming more and more individualistic‚ materialistic and ruthless. If they could not achieve their goal by proper means‚
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Macro environments relates to the larger forces that have an impact on society as a whole and not just on one or a few organizations. A single organization cannot usually have a significant impact on these forces and therefore can only adapt its marketing mix to account for the opportunities and threats that arise. The company’s macro-environment consists of six major forces that impact on organizations. The six major forces are demographic trends‚ economic trends‚ natural trends‚ technological
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The Macro-environment The macro-environment includes concepts such as demography‚ economy‚ natural forces‚ technology‚ politics‚ and culture. Demography refers to studying human populations in terms of size‚ density‚ location‚ age‚ gender‚ race‚ and occupation. This helps to divide the population into market segments which can be beneficial to a marketer in deciding how to tailor their marketing plan to attract that demographic. The economic environment refers to the purchasing power of
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multinational enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies‚ 35‚ 81–98. Cantwell‚ J.‚ Dunning J. H.‚ & Lundan‚ S. M. (2009). An evolutionary approach to understanding international business activity: The co-evolution of MNEs and the institutional environment. Journal of International Business Studies. doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.95. Carroll‚ A. B. (1999). Corporate social responsibility. Evolution of a definitional construct. Business and Society‚ 38(3)‚ 268–295. Devinney‚ T. M. (2009). Is the socially responsible
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Macro environment is the external and uncontrollable factors that influence a company’s or product’s development. Billabong must know the value of each of the macro environment factors; such as‚ economic‚ demographics ‚ and lifestyle‚ technology and natural forces. Before companies‚ or in our case Billabong‚ produce a new products‚ they should study each macro environment force carefully. Each force have its effects on the market. Economic forces affect the consumer buying power and spending
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External Business Environments The external environment of a business converts inputs into outputs in order to make profits. However‚ the business does not exist in an empty space‚ but rather in an external environment consisting of varying factors outside the business. Factors that affect the external environment of a business include the economic system‚ the social system‚ the political system‚ the technological system‚ and the ecological system. The economic system deals with the organization
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A Stable Environment Today about twenty-two million children in America are raised by only one of their biological parents (Moos). Separation and divorce are the most common reasons that some children only have one parent in their lives‚ but it is crucial to the child’s well-being to have both. Parents should share responsibilities because both mothers and fathers play an important role in the child’s development and this can determine the child’s character for the rest of their life. Single parenting
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THE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT introduction The Philippines is an archipelago comprising some 7‚100 islands with a total land area of almost 300‚000 square kilometres. Indonesia‚ Malaysia and Brunei border the Philippines to the south‚ China—and Taiwan—to the north‚ Vietnam to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Three main island groups divide the country: Luzon in the north‚ the Visayas in the centre‚ and Mindanao in the south. Luzon and Mindanao together make up 65 per cent of the Philippines’
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