Introduction Business environment is the combination of internal and external factors that influence a company ’s operating situation. The business environment can include factors such as clients and suppliers‚ its competition and owners‚ improvements in technology‚ laws and government activities and market‚ social and economic trends. Environmental forces of political‚ economic‚ social‚ and technological factors. These factors are outside the control of the business. The business can’t do much
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Does the Environment Influence People? There is a belief among experts that everyone is born as a blank slate. We do not know anything about the world and those around us and we spend our childhood years learning‚ emulating‚ adjusting‚ and finally creating our individual personas based on these experiences. Now the main question being asked by the other experts these days is “Does the environment influence people?” The environment has an effect on a person in more ways than one can fare imagine
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CHAPTER 1 THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION The commercial environment is the “arena” in which purchasing and supply professionals and many others in business operate. This environment is essentially live and developing all the time and it includes many factors beyond the organisation’s day-to-day control. This ever-changing business environment puts all organisations under pressure to conform‚ adapt‚ innovate‚ or suffer the consequences of any inaction. Continuous appraisal of the
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Consumerism and the Effect on the Environment Tammi Bradbury Consumerism and the Effect on the Environment Consumerism is a concept that was created before the Great Depression‚ which‚ by definition‚ means “the concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy; the fact or practice of an increasing consumption of goods”. In other words‚ consumerism has meant the transformation of citizens into shoppers. In fact‚ after the tragedy of 9/11‚ we were not asked
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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 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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MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Introduction Marketing does not occur in a vacuum. The marketing environment consists of external forces that directly and/or indirectly impact the organization. Changes in the environment create opportunities and threats for the organizations. Definition: ▪ A company’s marketing environment consists of the actors and forces outside marketing that affect the marketing management’s ability to develop and maintain successful relationship with its target markets
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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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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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Market Environment The *market environment* is a marketing term and refers to all of the forces outside of marketing that affect marketing management ’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. The market environment consists of both the macroenvironment and the microenvironment. The microenvironment refers to the forces that are close to the company and affect its ability to serve its customers. It includes the company itself‚ its suppliers‚ marketing
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