Chapter 2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces
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The marketing environment of a firm consists of 2 different parts‚ the micro-environment‚ and the macro-environment. The micro environment of a firm is all the actors within a firm which affects its ability to sell final products to its customers. The macro environment‚ are all actor which are potentially harmful‚ and pose a threat towards the firm. The micro environment is affect by 6 actors‚ which are the firm‚ suppliers‚ market intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors‚ and the public. Within
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What Is Macro Environment? The major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization’s decision making‚ and affect its performance strategies. These factor includes the economic factors; demographics; legal; political‚ and social conditions; technological changes; and natural forces. Macro environment factors are beyond the control of an organization. This is because those factors are positioned outside the organizational system. Those forces are the prime factors in corporate
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(1)What is a Business Environment? Answer A Business Environment is the physical and operational factors‚ both internal and external‚ that affect the flow of activities in a business. They include; customers‚ competitors‚ suppliers‚ distributors‚ industry trends‚ substitutes‚ regulations‚ government activities‚ the economy‚ demographics‚ social and cultural factors‚ innovations and technological developments. (2)What Are the Types of External Business Environments? Answer There are many types
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Chapter 3 The Marketing Environment Learning Objectives 1. Describe the environmental forces that affect the company’s ability to serve its customers. 2. Explain how changes in the demographic and economic environments affect marketing decisions. 3. Identify the major trends in the firm’s natural and technological environments. 4. Explain the key changes in the political and cultural environments. 5. Discuss how companies can react to the marketing environment. Chapter Overview In
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CHAPTER 1 Business Environment Contents • Introduction • Business • Objectives of business • Environmental influences on business • Environmental analysis • Characteristics of business environment • Components of business environment • The micro and macro environment • Competitive environment • Porter’s five forces model–competitive analysis Learning Objectives The present chapter aims at: • Definitions and objective of business • Examine environment analysis‚ characteristics
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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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Business Environment Lecture 1 Business & its Environment What is Business? Business is a way of dealing with the problem of scarcity Business involves the transformation of inputs into outputs to meet particular needs or wants of consumers Business is not just The Private Sector it is also The Public Sector and Societies have to choose the balance between the public and private sectors The Private Sector (Pg 7-11) Consists of all business in some form of private ownership COMPETITON
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Cultural Identity and Cultural Rights “People need to see that‚ far from being an obstacle‚ the world’s diversity of languages‚ religions and traditions is a great treasure‚ affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others‚” Youssou N’Dour (Musician). I certainly believe that cultural diversity is one of the most important matters in society and that we should learn to acknowledge it. Unfortunately‚ we may be culturally diverse but we tend to forget about equality amongst
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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