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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MICROENVIRONMENT Micro environment means the environment with in the organization/company which is totally under the control. a. The company itself (including departments). b. Suppliers. c. Marketing channel firms (intermediaries). d. Customer markets. e. Competitors. f. Publics. 1. The Company’s Microenvironment a. The Company The first factor is the company itself 1). Top management is responsible for setting the company’s mission‚ objectives‚ broad strategies‚ and policies
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SECTION C The business environment 273 03-BusinessforCSEC-SectionC-cpp.indd 273 09/02/2011 11:46 Chapter 8 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AN ECONOMY omy In this chapter we discuss responsibilities of government‚ including environmental protection‚ zoning and conservation‚ and external (international) boundaries. We also look at laws to protect consumers‚ consumer organizations and standards. We consider the ways in which governments interact with business activity in the private and
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Analyzing the General Environment Select three categories to analyze‚ from the list of the major forces that comprise the macro/general environment. Macro environment are external factors that have a direct impact on the organizations strategy and decision making. Those factors are uncontrollable. For example‚ some of those factors are: change in interest rates‚ change in cultural tastes‚ government regulations‚ social condition‚ technological changes‚ and natural forces. Those factors are usually
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2 2.1 The General Environment The General Environment 2.2 Scanning‚ Monitoring‚ and Forecasting Changes in the Environment Key Work Strategic decision making under conditions of uncertainty 2.3 Scenario Planning Key Work Strategic inflection points and their impact on strategy Tools and Techniques Undertaking scenario planning 2.4 PEST Analysis 2.5 SWOT Analysis 2.6 The General and the Competitive Environments Tools and Techniques Writing a PEST
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Company’s External Environment (External) Key economic and industry variables: Industry analysis (provide data to support): a. Industry size: b. Segmentation – geographic and product: Abercrombie and Fitch Co. started their business at West Cost of United State‚ because of the West Cost Mountains‚ camping gears and sporting goods were main products. However‚ under new management‚ A&F Co. opened a store on Beverly Hills‚ California. A&F Co. to aim rich‚ fitted‚ attractive‚ provocative
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QUEZON CITY POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY BATASAN SATELLITE CAMPUS IBP Road‚ Batasan Hills‚ Quezon City Date: February 4‚ 2013 Entrepreneurial Marketing Chapter 3 THE PHILIPPINE MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Written Report Group 1 Alba‚ Alyanna Marie Cleofe‚ Rancel Delos Santos‚ Ferdinand Espos‚ Norman Linag‚ Stephanie Macasojot‚ Jellie Roxas‚ Derick Villarosa‚ Christilyn INTRODUCTION We all know that the modern economy has affected the marketing practices and philosophies. The
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The political environment in a country affects business organizations and could introduce a risk factor that could cause them to suffer a loss. The political environment could change as a result of the actions and policies of governments at all levels‚ from the local level to the federal level. Businesses need to be prepared to deal with the fallout’s of government politics locally and internationally. Let’s first define Political environment‚ there are several factors that creates an Inter-linkages
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Arizona‚ USA Keywords ISO 14000‚ Design‚ Environment‚ International standards‚ Product life cycle Abstract It is proposed that by adopting design for the environment (DFE) principles‚ US companies can easily comply with the environmental portion of the International Standards Organization (ISO) 14000 standards and become competitive in today ’s global market. DFE concepts present unique challenges to designers and introduce significant changes in the company ’s market share and profitability without
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Protecting the environment Every company should invest in our environment. We live in a time when the environment is in danger‚ so it is important to protect it. We need a healthy environment in order to survive‚ so we must protect it. We need to protect the environment now to help prevent health problems‚ to maintain the ecosystem‚ and to preserve the Earth for our children. Pollution from factories and cars can cause damage to the environment. It makes the air dirty. Breathing this dirty air causes
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