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Participating in The Dynamic Business Environment
Participating in The Dynamic Business Environment
Business Environment
Chapter
1
THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS
Gitman & McDaniel
5th Edition
Chapter 1
Learning Goals
A business is an organization
that strives for a profit by
providing goods and services
desired by its customers.
A not-for-profit organization
Is an organization that exists
to achieve some other goal
than the usual business goal
of profit.
Not-for-profit
organizations
account for 28%
of economic activity Government is the
In the U.S. largest
not-for-profit group.
Chapter 1
Natural Resources
Labor
Capital
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge
Chapter 1
Attitudes
Social
Values
Factors
Lifestyles
Age
Race
Demography
Ethnicity
Location
Chapter 1
Nanotechnology
Internet
Chapter 1
Improvements in productivity