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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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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As technology is developed‚ our life standard and communications change drastically. Teenagers especially increasingly attach and depend on it as it’s the only way we know to do things. We do not write our parents letters but instead send them an email or a text. That doesn’t necessarily means it’s a bad thing because technology especially the social networks get people connected to each other from around the world. Social network is a community on internet where people have their own profile to
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Name Course Tutor Date Importance and Effects of Technology Technology is the collection of tools that make it easier to exercise‚ create‚ control and exchange information. During the olden times‚ the use of tools by human beings was meant for the development of discovery and growth. Tools remained the alike for a long period of time in the earlier part of the olden times of mankind although it was also the complicated human behaviors as well as the tools of this age that present language began
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Save environment I have a dream that one day we will live in safe ‚ clean environment . Environment where the advance technology and safe environment can co exist together . We must all remember that what ever we do to our environment‚ it will return back to us and to our future generation . Safe environment where nothing is wasted and every thing is being utilized to it’s full extent. I feel sorry to the beach and to the see where the people live as the days goes ‚ it’s being covered with
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My answer is yes for the most part. Technology in the workplace allows businesses to expand quickly and efficiently. Business technology such as video conferencing‚ social networks and virtual office technology has removed workplace boundaries that previously limited business expansion. With business technology‚ companies can target a wider customer base and grow to higher levels. Business technology is important because it improves communication in the workplace. Office workers are not limited to
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Significant changes in the workplace are the result of new and advanced technology. For the past generation‚ technological inventions and improvements seem to be introduced every week. The trend is guaranteed to continue. Technology’s impact on the 21st century workplace will result in rapid changes. Changing Workplace Rules Technology makes it possible to telecommute‚ work from virtual offices and communicate with businesses and individuals across the globe. Flexible work schedules
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Professor Stringer 12-11-2014 The change of technology on society Technology has become a major force of the society‚ economy‚ health field‚ and political world today. As a platform for change‚ this major component of life has proven to assist us in a variety of ways. The question remains whether or not technology is helping us‚ or hurting us in the long run? Looking at health‚ transportation‚ security‚ and other regions of everyday life‚ we can decipher if technology is a means for development or a way
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Technology is a detrimental influence in today’s society. We are dependent on technology on a day-to-day basis‚ 24/7. This generation relies on technology for variation of things ranging from research to social networking. I think this issue is a growing problem that must be solved. Is this healthy for society? There are definitely advantages that accompany this issue for examples cars‚ this technology upgrade helped man-kind in many ways however‚ what people don’t realise is its effects to global
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Maladaptive resource management in prior and present societies The situation with the Vikings on Greenland gives a good example of this. Trading walrus ivory with Europeans was an important part of the Economy. The iron was important for the Vikings in fighting against the Inuit people. The Europeans essentially started to trade for elephant ivory instead. There were good growing conditions in some western parts of Greenland in the summers and they lived off animal products‚ i.e. pastoralists. During
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