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The Business Environment Ian Worthington

The Business Environment By Ian Worthington

The Business Environment by Ian Worthington


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The Business Environment: A Global Perspective is the ideal text to support your teaching as you help your students identify, analyse, and plan for external and internal factors in business strategy. With a range of features, end-of-chapter reviews, and questions, this book will offer your students the additional resources to succeed in the course.

The Business Environment Summary

The Business Environment: A Global Perspective by Ian Worthington

Familiarise with the fundamentals and different operations of both domestic and international business environments with this comprehensive textbook.

The Business Environment: A Global Perspective, 8th Edition by Worthington, Britton, and Montfort is the ideal textbook that will equip you with the skills you need to identify, analyse, and plan for external (PESTLE) and internal factors in business strategy.

The latest edition uses a systematic and logical approach to provide you with the fundamental knowledge of how domestic and international business environments operate, taking you through different types of organisations, structures, and markets.

The main features include:

  • A clear explanation of the economic environment, including an analysis of relevant issues such as price fluctuations or employment availability.
  • A wealth of case studies from a diverse range of local and international organisations such as Facebook, GSK, and JCB, putting theory into practice.
  • The International Business in Action section, which deals with more detailed case studies, providing real-life data analysis, including the Quantitative Easing and Global Financial Crisis.
  • End-of-chapter review and discussion questions, along with assignments, that test your knowledge and understanding of how to apply the concepts in real life.

In an uncertain economic environment with fast-paced changing cultures, this must-read textbook deals with contemporary issues of the socioeconomic, political, and legal context, offering you the support you need to succeed in your course.

About Ian Worthington

Ian Worthington is an Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability, Chris Britton was formerly Principal Lecturer, and Ed Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategic Management and Marketing at the Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Table of Contents

Brief Contents Contributors Preface to the eighth edition Acknowledgements Guided Tour Part One: Introduction
  1. Business organisations: the external environment
  2. Business organisations: the internal environment
  3. The global context of business
International business in action: The global car industry and the changing business environment Part Two: Contexts
  1. The political environment
  2. The macroeconomic environment
  3. The demographic, social and cultural context of business
  4. The resource context: people, technology and natural resources
  5. The legal environment
  6. The ethical and ecological environment
International business in action: Migration Part Three: Firms
  1. Legal structures
  2. Size structure of firms
  3. Industrial structure
  4. Government and business
International business in action: A lot of bottle Part Four: Markets
  1. The market system
  2. Market structure
  3. International markets and trade
  4. Governments and markets
International business in action: Working with the grain of the market Part Five: Conclusion
  1. Strategy and the changing environment
Glossary Index

Additional information

GOR013371489
9781292174358
1292174358
The Business Environment: A Global Perspective by Ian Worthington
Used - Like New
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
20180817
536
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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