CHAPTER 3 The Competitive Environment Learning Objectives Upon completing this chapter‚ you should be able to: Identify the structural characteristics of the environment faced by the firm and how these drivers influence both competition and value creation Choose the appropriate level of specificity in environmental analysis‚ depending on the locus of the decision-making group Predict how changes occurring in the environment might influence future competition and value creation Incorporate understanding
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)‚ ‘the Philippines is one of the few countries in the world that is both a mega-diversity country and a biodiversity hotspot. It has fragile tropical ecosystems and is an outstanding biodiversity hotspot. The DENR has described the Philippines as the ‘hottest of hotspots’ in the world in terms of threats to its ‘mega diverse’ biodiversity. It highlighted the ‘urgent need to properly manage natural resources and protect the environment’. In a once
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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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Presentation slide 35-37 Introduction Environment is the physical and biotic habitats that surround us‚ which we can see‚ hear touch‚ smell‚ and taste. However‚ the environmental natural resources are fully use by man kind for the purpose of daily activities‚ for example‚ the trees being cut to make paper or furniture. Besides that‚ activities such as open burning or disposable of solid waste will destroy and pollute the whole environment. Environmental pollution is contamination
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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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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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CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Environment refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism. Our environment is getting worse day by day‚ and we are suffering for other people and our mistakes. We might not be able to see all of the bad things in our environment‚ but they are for sure there. This could affect our families and our future one day. There are some problems affecting the environmental stability‚ namely- ozone depletion‚ enhanced greenhouse effect‚ global warming‚ and climate
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population and economic growth. Though it did change the world for better in many ways‚ the Industrial Revolution embarked a major turning point in the relationship between humans and their environment. In my paper I will discuss how the rapid changes of mining‚ factories‚ and urbanization negatively impacted the environment. “Carbon-based fuel use began in the late eighteenth century. The Industrial Revolution was ushered in by the use of coal.” (Shepard‚ 2008) Coal was used as a fuel source for heating
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PRESERVE ENVIRONMENT The environment means the natural surroundings that we live in. This includes the trees‚ the plants‚ animals‚ mountains‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ sky‚ etc. The nature around us is the very essence of our survival and sustenance. Therefore it is the responsibility of every citizen of the world to preserve the environment and keep it safe as there are efforts to destruct it from many sources. Our earth abounds in natural resources and therefore we have no right to destroy them. Man
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* Competitive Environment Paper In 2004 K-One Technology introduced a solar panel charger at an expo. “The solar mobile phone charger has a solar panel that can be activated to charge mobile phone by exposure to sunlight or lamp. It also incorporates rechargeable AA battery as back-up power in case of cloudy day or at night.” (Muhtar‚ NA) This was a device that used a panel and had battery back-up. This was still an interesting idea and close to the device being suggested. Solar energy is a newer
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