TY - BOOK AU - AU - TI - The business environment. SN - 9780077119720 AV - HD31.P17 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston: PB - McGraw-Hill, KW - Industrial management. KW - Business N1 - Includes index; Contents: 1. Contexts: What is the business environment -- 2. The Macroenvironment: The Political environment -- The Social and demographic environment -- The Technological and information environment -- The legal environment -- 3. Firms: Types of business organizations -- Business relationships and networks -- Organizational objectives, growth and scale -- The Internal environment -- Corporate responsibility -- 4. Markets: The Principles of market forces -- Distortions to market forces -- The National economic environment -- The International business environment -- 5. Bringing it together: environmental analysis: The Dynamic business environment -- Case studies -- ER -