The impact of Political‚ Legal and Social factors on a business Describe how political‚ legal and social factors are impacting upon the business activities of the selected organisations and their stakeholders. Political factors: ‘’Political factors are how and to what degree a government intervenes in the economy.’’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEST_analysis) Political factors include: * Environmental regulation and protection * Taxation ( corporate: consumer) * International
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every activity‚ particularly in business. E-business now has an important role in the success of enterprises. It reduces expenditure‚ time and labor for management information systems‚ yet provides higher quality of financial information to managers. On the other hand‚ conducting e-business can create a non-secure environment that may influence the quality of financial information. Both accidents and intentional breaches are potential security risks arising from e-business. Accidents cannot be completely
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Management Unit Title: Economics for Business Submitted by: B. M. Akhtaruzzaman London Guildhall College ATHE Level 6 Diploma in Management Unit Title: Economics for Business Submitted by: B. M. Akhtaruzzaman Table of Contents Introduction 2 Task 1 - Understanding of the Micro-Economic Business Environment 3 1.1: The Importance of the Micro-Economic Environment to Business Organisations 3 1.2: An Analysis of Business Objectives and Business Behaviour in the Economic Context 4 1
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The economic downturn and competition from rival Costa Coffee deepened the UK losses of coffee chain Starbucks to £9.9m in the year to September 2009‚ compared with a pre-tax loss of £1.9m in the previous year. The tough trading climate in Western Europe was predicted last year by Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz‚ who said: "Unemployment‚ the sub-prime mortgage crisis‚ and I think consumer confidence‚ particularly in the UK‚ is very‚ very poor." (Guardian.co.uk‚ 2010) However‚ a spokesperson
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Summer 2011 Introduction to Environmental Economics Quiz 2 (Due June 22) Instructions: Write your name and panther id on top and fill out the blanks with appropriate word/words based on your readings from corresponding chapters and turn it in the drop-box in Blackboard. The total points in this quiz are 50‚ each question is worth of 2 points. Chapter 6 1. “Providing the typical person alive in the future with a standard of living‚ including both material and environmental welfare‚ at least as high
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Discuss the impact of globalisation on the global market and the world trade Globalisationhas become one of the most controversial topics in academic literature. This is not surprising since this discussion is a reaction to the current situation in the world‚ where impacts of globalisationhave influenced every aspect of our lives. Globalisation can be described as the complex processwhich addressesthewidespread and interchanging cultures‚ languages‚ technologies among others
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that Stock Market depends on the overall health of the Economy‚ and real Economic variables which tend to display persistence. Therefore‚ an interesting question in finance is: what derives stock market volatility? Understanding the nature of stock market volatility gives some important implications for policy makers‚ economic forecasters and investors. Studying the impact of MacroEconomic factors such as Inflation‚ Interest Rate‚ Dollar Value and FII on conditional stock market volatility
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macro business environment - To explain the terms SWOT‚ PEST‚ BPPEST‚ TOWS and SWOC in environmental analysis. - To describe the various business environmental forces - To state the strategic role of the environment on business performance Section 1: An Overview of Business Economics 1.1. Introduction Business economics is concerned with a total approach to organisational existence and activities. According to G.J de Cronje‚ in his popular book‚ “Introduction to Business Management”
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Introduction: Wal-Mart is sitting at number one on the Global Fortune 500 list. Sam Walton would never have thought that his creation of Wal-Mart in 1962 would lead to a global dynasty. By 1972 Wal-Mart went public which gave an infusion of money and capital for Mr. Walton that gave them 276 stores by 1980. In the mid 80’s Wal-Mart expanded to having member only warehouse stores‚ Sam’s Club. From there Wal-Mart opened supercenters that included full grocery and 36 departments of regular merchandise
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Assess the effectiveness of economic policies and management in achieving ecologically sustainable development Ecologically sustainable development refers to maintaining a level of economic growth and quality of life that does not compromise intergenerational equity. The increased importance of this economic objective has been reflected by governments implementing policies to address the issue of resource depletion‚ climate change‚ pollution and environmental degradation. This is because depletion
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