The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World
Written by an eminent author team whose expertise spans the full breadth of the subject, The Business Environment provides comprehensive coverage and sound academic insight. The unique 'themes and issues' approach provides students with a consistent and holistic framework for analysing businesses and the business environment, as well as a reliable method to organize their thinking.

The core business environments and their interrelationships are explored using the established STEEPLE framework in Part One. Part Two then looks beyond these topics and invites students to analyse a range of contemporary issues such as globalization, corporate power, equal opportunity, and entrepreneurship.

A host of examples, "Mini-Cases", and end-of-chapter case studies illustrate key topics in real-life, international, and wide-ranging business settings. Unilever's corporate responsibility policy, Samsung and South Korean economic development, and Starbucks on sustainability are just some of the topical cases. "Stop and Think" boxes and end-of-chapter review and discussion questions help students develop critical thinking skills, while further reading and useful websites provide the starting point for research and exploration.


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For Students:
*Multiple-choice questions
*Author podcasts

For Instructors:
*Figures and tables from the text
*Lecturer's guide to each chapter
*PowerPoint slides
*Answers to review and discussion questions
*Test bank
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The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World
Written by an eminent author team whose expertise spans the full breadth of the subject, The Business Environment provides comprehensive coverage and sound academic insight. The unique 'themes and issues' approach provides students with a consistent and holistic framework for analysing businesses and the business environment, as well as a reliable method to organize their thinking.

The core business environments and their interrelationships are explored using the established STEEPLE framework in Part One. Part Two then looks beyond these topics and invites students to analyse a range of contemporary issues such as globalization, corporate power, equal opportunity, and entrepreneurship.

A host of examples, "Mini-Cases", and end-of-chapter case studies illustrate key topics in real-life, international, and wide-ranging business settings. Unilever's corporate responsibility policy, Samsung and South Korean economic development, and Starbucks on sustainability are just some of the topical cases. "Stop and Think" boxes and end-of-chapter review and discussion questions help students develop critical thinking skills, while further reading and useful websites provide the starting point for research and exploration.


ONLINE RESOURCES

For Students:
*Multiple-choice questions
*Author podcasts

For Instructors:
*Figures and tables from the text
*Lecturer's guide to each chapter
*PowerPoint slides
*Answers to review and discussion questions
*Test bank
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The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World

The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World

The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World

The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World

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Written by an eminent author team whose expertise spans the full breadth of the subject, The Business Environment provides comprehensive coverage and sound academic insight. The unique 'themes and issues' approach provides students with a consistent and holistic framework for analysing businesses and the business environment, as well as a reliable method to organize their thinking.

The core business environments and their interrelationships are explored using the established STEEPLE framework in Part One. Part Two then looks beyond these topics and invites students to analyse a range of contemporary issues such as globalization, corporate power, equal opportunity, and entrepreneurship.

A host of examples, "Mini-Cases", and end-of-chapter case studies illustrate key topics in real-life, international, and wide-ranging business settings. Unilever's corporate responsibility policy, Samsung and South Korean economic development, and Starbucks on sustainability are just some of the topical cases. "Stop and Think" boxes and end-of-chapter review and discussion questions help students develop critical thinking skills, while further reading and useful websites provide the starting point for research and exploration.


ONLINE RESOURCES

For Students:
*Multiple-choice questions
*Author podcasts

For Instructors:
*Figures and tables from the text
*Lecturer's guide to each chapter
*PowerPoint slides
*Answers to review and discussion questions
*Test bank

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198739920
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/29/2018
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 536
Product dimensions: 10.40(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul Wetherly is a Reader in Politics at Leeds Beckett University.

Dorron Otter is Principal Lecturer Emeritus in Economics at Leeds Beckett University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: Business and its Environment in a Globalizing World
By Paul Wetherly

PART ONE: ENVIRONMENTS

Chapter 2. The Economic Environment
By Dorron Otter

Chapter 3. The Technological Environment
By Dorron Otter

Chapter 4. The Political Environment
By Paul Wetherly

Chapter 5. The Legal Environment
By David Amos

Chapter 6. The Social and Cultural Environment
By Paul Wetherly

Chapter 7. Can the Marketplace Be Ethical? Corporate Responsibility
By Simon Robinson

Chapter 8. The Natural Environment: Global Warming, Pollution, Resource Depletion, and Sustainable Development
By Eamonn Judge


PART TWO: ISSUES

Chapter 9. How Has Macroeconomic Policy Changed In an Era of Uncertainty?
By Chris Mulhearn and Mike Franco

Chapter 10. Globalization of Business: Good or Bad?
By Dorron Otter

Chapter 11. Does Business Have Too Much Power?
By Paul Wetherly

Chapter 12. Is Inequality Bad for Business?
By Dorron Otter and Paul Wetherly

Chapter 13. Creating Effective Trading Blocs: What Lessons Does the European Union Provide?
By Stratis Koutsoukos and Dorron Otter

Chapter 14. What Role for the Public Sector?
By Paul Wetherly

Chapter 15. From Starting to Scaling and Beyond: How Do Entrepreneurs and SMEs Innovate and Grow?
By Simon Raby and Geoff Gregson

Chapter 16. Conclusion: Looking Ahead-Managing in a Dynamic Environment
By Dorron Otter and Paul Wetherly
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