2. Contents
Economic environment
Its types
Importance
The Business cycle
International Business environment
Its significance
3. Economic environment
It basically consists of external factors in a business market and
the broader economy that can influence a business. The
Economic environment in which a business operates has a
great influence upon it
• It could be divided into two parts i.e.
Microeconomic environment – This affects the business
decision making such as individual actions of firms and
consumers.
Macroeconomic environment - This affects the entire
economy and all of its participants.
4. Types of economic environment
1.)Macroeconomic environment – These are basically broad
economic factors that either directly or indirectly affect the entire
economy and all of its participants, including our business. These
factors include such things as :-
Interest rates
Taxes
Inflation
Currency exchange rates
Consumer discretionary income
Savings rates
Consumer confidence levels
Unemployment rate
Recession
Depression
5. 2.) Microeconomic factors – These influences will
have their impacts on the decision making of our
business. Unlike macroeconomic factors, these factors
are far less broad in scope and do not necessarily affect
the entire economy as a whole. Microeconomic factors
influencing a business include:-
Market size
Demand
Supply
Competitors
Suppliers
Distribution chain, such as retail stores
6. Significance of Economic Environment
firm to identify opportunities and getting the first mover
advantage
firm to identify threats and early warning signals
Coping with rapid changes
Improving performance
7. The Business Cycle
To gain a good understanding of the international economic
climate and, how or why particular factors can affect it, it's
important to have an understanding of the business cycle.
business cycle represents the four stages of economic growth
followed by economic decline.
1. Peak/boom
2. Contraction/slump
3. Recession
4. Expansion
As the business cycle repeats itself on a continuous basis, the
expansion stage would be followed by another peak. The
following diagram is a pictorial representation of the business
cycle.
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9. International Business environment
International business environment means the factors that
affect/influence the MNC’s and transactional companies.
Factors that affect international business environment are
generally known as STEPIN.
S Social & cultural factors
T Technological Factors
E Economic Factors
P Political & Govt. Factors
I International Factors
N Natural Factors
10. Significance of International Business environment
Helps in expansion
Helps in managing product life cycle:
Technology advantages
New business opportunities
Proper use of resources:
Availability of quality products: