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The seventh edition of The Business Environment has been perfectly tailored to cover the core topics that will be studied on an introductory Business Environment ...

The Business Environment

• pestel
  • political
    • employ lobbyist
    • NED
    • influence public opinion
  • economic
  • social and demographic
    • aging
    • social structure and class
    • buying pattern
      • behavioral determinant
      • inhibitor
    • culture trends
      • health and diet issues
  • technology
    • 组织架构
      • flattening，
      • downsizing，
      • decentralizing，
      • widening spans of control
    • 对会计
      • allows an accountant to work on value-adding service
    • 外包
      • remove uncertainty
      • economies of scale
      • too important
      • confidential locked
  • environment
    • sustainability
    • corporate social responsibility
  • legal
    • employment protection
      • resignation
        • period of notice
      • dismissal
        • wrongful dismissal
          • breach the employment contract
        • unfair dismissal
          • dismissal without good reasons
      • redundancy 无法获得赔偿情形
        • alternative employment
        • less than two years
        • merits dismissal
    • data protection and security
      • data minimization数据不过量
      • erasure 删除权
• five forces
  • the threat of new entrants
  • the threat of substitute
  • the bargaining power of customers
  • the bargaining power of supplier
  • competitive rivalry
• value chain
  • primary activities
    • inbound logistics
    • operation
    • outbound logistics
    • marketing and sales
    • service
  • support activities
    • firm infrastructure
    • human resource management
    • technology
    • procurement
• SWOT
  • internal
    • strength
    • weakness
  • external
    • opportunity
    • threat