Investigate the economic, social and global environment in which organisations operate CONTENTS (Lecture 3): Resource issues and types of economic system: basic economic problem, effective use of Resources; type of economic systems — command, free enterprise, mixed, including transitional economies, public and private sector initiatives; private finance initiatives. Business Environment : We can divide the types of Business Environment into following categories. External Environment : […]

FedEx FedEx Corporation is an American global courier delivery service. It operates under a public limited ownership as a tertiary business. A public limited company (PLC) means it is able to offer shares to the public. The owners of these PLC’s are the main shareholders. A tertiary business is one that provides a service to other business or individuals. Federal Express (later known as FedEx) […]

Merger is a technique whereby an operation is expended so as to improve on long-term profits. It happens only if the merging companies have a good relationship unlike acquisition where the merging companies acquire in a hostile manner. To avoid hostile takeovers the company has to plan share holder rights which is referred to as poison pill . To date, a small number of mergers […]

Introduction Business operating environment forms the most critical tool necessary for establishment of a new business.  It entails the evaluation of the new location systems and applications for making the correct decision.  India lies at the heart of South East Asia which is a highly dynamic region with easy accessibility for local and international market.  M-Box video game is a new type of game that […]

According to (Walter, J. (2006), any business worthy its salt must carry out a business analysis audit before venturing into expansion plans. This often saves an organization time and resources which would be lost if the decision to expand or relocate business is not based on sound business practices. The case below analyses the business environment in Colombia, by addressing the political, cultural, economic, and […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Careful consideration must be given to key factors before a company makes the decision to expand into foreign markets. PharmaMed, a U.S. based multinational manufacturer and distributor of medicines and consumer healthcare company, has identified Mexico as an extremely promising country for expansion. It is true that U.S. commercial expansion in Mexico has grown considerably over the past years, especially since the 1994 […]

Abstract This paper provides answers to different questions relating to the dynamic business environment in the UK. The aim is to understand the organisational purposes of UK businesses as well as of the nature of the national environment in which UK businesses operate. Another important objective of the paper is to provide a relevant understanding of the behaviour of organisations in their market environment. It […]

Per Bendapudi and Berry, the environmental influences consumer behavior but does not influence consumers’ trust. Organizations have to research extent of how their marketing environment creates customers’ perceived behavior and also how individual factors of given environment add to that perception. While many other researchers and authors suggest that functional behavior requires perception of trust, authors of this article are suggesting that this may not […]

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Marketing is a process used to satisfy and consider what products or services are needed by the consumers. There are many alternative definitions of marketing such as the charted institution of marketing “Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably”. The American Marketing Association believe that “Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and […]