The Business Environment: A Global Perspective

Ed Thompson is an Associate Professor and Director of Apprenticeships in Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University. His research is focused on organisational behaviour and crisis management. He is also a member of the editorial board of the SGEN Research Review in the Philippines.Ian Worthington is an Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability at De Montfort University, UK. He has published in, and reviewed for, a variety of academic journals in both the UK and the US.Chris Britton was formerly Principal Lecturer at De Montfort University where her teaching and research interests included industrial economics, labour markets and executive recruitment.

• 1.Business organisations: the external environment2.Business organisations: the internal environment3.The global context of business4.The political environment5.The macroeconomic environment6.The demographic, social and cultural context of business7.The resource context: people, technology and natural resources8.The legal environment9.The ethical and ecological environment10.Legal structures11.Size structure of firms12.Industrial structure13.Government and business14.The market system15.Market structure16.International markets and trade17.Governments and markets18.Strategy and the changing environment