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Business Environment

CBSE · Class 12 · Business Studies

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1. Meaning of Business Environment

  • Business environment is the sum total of all individuals, institutions, and forces outside a business enterprise that affect its performance.
  • It includes consumers, competitors, suppliers, governments, courts, media, and social and economic conditions.
  • Changes in taxes, technology, consumer tastes, political stability, and competition directly affect business decisions.
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2. Features of Business Environment

  • Totality of external forces: Business environment is the sum total of all external factors.
  • Specific and general forces: Some factors affect a single firm directly, while others affect all firms indirectly.
  • Inter-relatedness: Different factors affect one another.
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3. Importance of Business Environment

  • Helps identify opportunities and gain first mover advantage.
  • Helps identify threats and early warning signals.
  • Helps tap useful resources such as finance, labour, raw materials, and technology.
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4. Dimensions of Business Environment

  • The major dimensions are economic, social, technological, political, and legal.
  • These dimensions form the general environment of business.
  • Economic environment includes interest rates, inflation, income levels, stock market indices, and the value of rupee.

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