The business environment : a global perspective / Ian Worthington, Chris Britton and Ed Thompson

Contents
Part One: INTRODUCTION;
1 Business organisations: the external environment
2 Business organisations: the internal environment
3 The global context of business

Part Two: CONTEXTS
4 The political environment
5 The macroeconomic environment
6 The demographic, social and cultural context of business
7 The resource context: people, technology and natural resources
8 The legal environment
9 The ethical and ecological environment
International business in action: Migration

Part Three: FIRMS
10 Legal structures
11 Size structure of firms
12 Industrial structure
13 Government and business
International business in action: A lot of bottle

Part Four: MARKETS
14 The market system
15 Market structure
16 International markets and trade
17 Governments and markets
International business in action : Working with the grain of the market

Part Five: CONCLUSION
18 Strategy and the changing environment

Glossary
Index