The document provides an introduction to business environment and Indian culture framework. It defines business environment as the collection of internal and external factors that influence how a company operates. There are two types of business environments - micro and macro. The micro environment has a direct impact on business operations while the macro environment is less controllable but still influences business. Key factors that influence business are economic factors like interest rates, taxes, and inflation at the macro level and market forces at the micro level, as well as non-economic factors like social, political, legal and technological aspects. The document also gives a brief overview of India's mixed economic system which was based on social democratic policies from 1947-1991.
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Legal Business Environment
The document provides an introduction to business environment and Indian culture framework. It defines business environment as the collection of internal and external factors that influence how a company operates. There are two types of business environments - micro and macro. The micro environment has a direct impact on business operations while the macro environment is less controllable but still influences business. Key factors that influence business are economic factors like interest rates, taxes, and inflation at the macro level and market forces at the micro level, as well as non-economic factors like social, political, legal and technological aspects. The document also gives a brief overview of India's mixed economic system which was based on social democratic policies from 1947-1991.
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UNIT 1
INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND
INDIAN CULTURE FRAMEWORK Business Environment Business Environment is sum or collection of all internal and external factors such as employees, customers’ needs and expectations, supply and demand, management, clients, suppliers, owners, activities by government, innovation in technology, social trends, market trends, economic changes, etc. These factors affect the function of the company and how a company works directly or indirectly. Sum of these factors influences the companies or business organisations environment and situation. Business environment helps in identifying business opportunities, tapping useful resources, assists in planning, and improves the overall performance, growth, and profitability of the business.
There are various types of Business Environment:
Micro Environment: The micro environment is the operating environment of the firm. This is because the functioning of the micro environment has a direct and immediate bearing on the company. They are more interlinked with the company than macro environmental factors. Macro Environment: Macro environment is the remote environment of the firm, i.e the external environment in which it exists. As a rule, this environment is not controllable by the firm, it is to huge and to unpredictable to control.
Factors influencing business
Economic factors: The economic environment consists of external factors in a business market and the broader economy that can influence a business. You can divide the economic environment into the microeconomic environment, which affects business decision making - such as individual actions of firms and consumers - and the macroeconomic environment, which affects an entire economy and all of its participants. Many economic factors act as external constraints on your business, which means that you have little, if any, control over them. Let's take a look at both of these broad factors in more detail. Macroeconomic influences are broad economic factors that either directly or indirectly affect the entire economy and all of its participants, including your business. These factors include such things as: *Interest rates *Taxes *Inflation *Currency exchange rates *Consumer discretionary income *Savings rates *Consumer confidence levels *Unemployment rate *Recession *Depression Microeconomic factors influence how your business will make decisions. Unlike macroeconomic factors, these factors are far less broad in scope and do not necessarily affect the entire economy as a whole. Microeconomic factors influencing a business include: *Market size *Demand *Supply *Competitors *Suppliers *Distribution chain, such as retail stores
Non-economic factors: The non-economic environment includes all those
elements or factors, which the business organization have to keep in view to establish and operate. These are physical, social, cultural, political, legal, technical, educational, historical, moral, environmental and international, etc.
Economic Systems: An economic system is defined by a way wherein the country’s
resources are utilized to produce goods and services in such a manner that these goods and services are distributed for consumption. It is a system that involves production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services between the entities in a particular society. The economy of India stands as the world’s 12th largest according to the market exchange rates and is also the 4th largest economy on the basis of Purchasing Power Parity. The Indian Economic System was based on the basis of Social Democratic policies from the year 1947 to 1991.