Chapter 2 The External Environment: Opportunities, Threats, Industry Competition, and Competitor Analysis KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES 1. Explain the importance of analyzing and understanding the firm’s external environment. 2. Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment. 3. Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process. 4. Name and describe the general environment’s six segments. 5. Identify the five competitive
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and is a regular columnist for Express Computers and Developer 2.0. His current affiliations include being a Director of KICIT, a training company and DCube Software Technologies, a software development company. In recognition to his contribution Microsoft awarded him the prestigious “Best .NET Technical Contributor” award recently. He can be reached at kanetkar@kicit.com. Acknowledgments It has been a journey of almost a decade from the stage the book idea of “Let Us C” was conceived up to the
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and is a regular columnist for Express Computers and Developer 2.0. His current affiliations include being a Director of KICIT, a training company and DCube Software Technologies, a software development company. In recognition to his contribution Microsoft awarded him the prestigious “Best .NET Technical Contributor” award recently. He can be reached at kanetkar@kicit.com. Acknowledgments It has been a journey of almost a decade from the stage the book idea of “Let Us C” was conceived up to the
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