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The partnership
Companies
cooperatives
cooperatives
Chief executive
Production
Finance
Sales
Purchasing
advantages
direct clear
goals
information
in organisational efficiency
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Production
Finance
Sales
Purchasing
advantages
reduced
problems
bureaucracy
include:
Ethical factors
Technological factors
affect
Economic factors
the
macroeconomic environment
the national and international economic environment effect of government policies
the
microeconomic environment
specific industries, firms, markets and individuals
Ethical factors
Corporate
Social Responsibility
policies affecting business
Political factors
government
Legal factors
industrial
Environmental factors
government
businesses are increasingly affected by questions of the environment and social responsibility
used for auditing the business environment helps in developing business strategy relations between the four sets of factors importance of the economic factors
environment
Classifying production
primary
production production
secondary tertiary
production
42.3% 54.9%
Tertiary
1974
Primary
3.1%
Secondary
20.1%
41.9% 54.7% 76.8%
Tertiary
Tertiary
1974
2008
41.9% 54.7%
Tertiary
1974
Primary
2.2%
Secondary
17.0%
41.9% 54.7% 80.8%
Tertiary
Tertiary
1974
2008
nature of an industry
industrial
sectors
helps to analyse trends specific needs can be identified to understand the relationships between firms
divisions,
output employment
profitability,
Basic conditions
Structure
Conduct
Performance
Source: based on Scherer F. M. and David Ross, Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (3rd ed.) (Houghton Mifflin)
Basic conditions
Supply Availability of inputs Technology Product specifications Demand Tastes Substitutes
Structure
Conduct
Performance
Source: based on Scherer F. M. and David Ross, Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (3rd ed.) (Houghton Mifflin)
Basic conditions
Supply Availability of inputs Technology Product specifications Demand Tastes Substitutes
Structure
Number of sellers and buyers Barriers to entry Cost structures Product differentiation
Conduct
Performance
Source: based on Scherer F. M. and David Ross, Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (3rd ed.) (Houghton Mifflin)
Basic conditions
Supply Availability of inputs Technology Product specifications Demand Tastes Substitutes
Structure
Number of sellers and buyers Barriers to entry Cost structures Product differentiation
Conduct
Pricing behaviour Output Product strategy and advertising Mergers
Performance
Source: based on Scherer F. M. and David Ross, Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (3rd ed.) (Houghton Mifflin)
Basic conditions
Supply Availability of inputs Technology Product specifications Demand Tastes Substitutes
Structure
Number of sellers and buyers Barriers to entry Cost structures Product differentiation
Conduct
Pricing behaviour Output Product strategy and advertising Mergers
Performance
Efficiency Profitability Market share Share price Meeting social goals
Source: based on Scherer F. M. and David Ross, Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance (3rd ed.) (Houghton Mifflin)
factors of production
labour land
capital
actual and potential demand and supply the role of firms in satisfying demand business economists study of the supply process
macroeconomics
the
microeconomics
the
How?
For
whom?
what
is rationality?
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