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External Environment Case Studies by topic
Providing support through the stages of the business cycle
Everybody faces a degree of uncertainty within his or her daily lives. No matter how well people plan, it is impossible to get rid...
Decision making across the business cycle
CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, is the world’s leading body for management accountants. Management accountants can provide management information and insights as...
Planning and the business cycle
Land Securities is the UK's leading property company. It is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100....
Responding positively to a changing environment
When a new technology comes along that is capable of improving dramatically the products of a whole industry, every firm in that industry has...
Balancing a fine line in an environment of change
Many of the goods we use in our everyday lives are based on “threads.” For example, the room in which you are sitting whilst...
Maintaining the co-operative difference
CIS operates in one of the most dynamic and complex insurance markets in the world. Insurance is one of the UK’s major industries, with...
Meeting and exceeding consumer protection laws to drive competitive advantage
DSGi is the leading European specialist retailer of consumer electronics. In the UK the Group includes the well known chains of Currys, Dixons, PC...
Championing competition
An Office of Fair Trading case study
We live in an economic system that is generally good at channelling scarce resources towards meeting consumers' needs....
Whitbread in the community
All organisations operate within a wider environment in which they need to carefully build up and to sustain long-term relationships. In recent times it...
Corporate citizenship and the community
Today, more than ever, we have come to appreciate and value the relationships that can be forged between individuals, organisations and the wider community....
Social and environmental responsibility
Businesses help society to prosper. They do so by providing goods and services that consumers want. Businesses also contribute to the well-being of society....
Using technology to improve economies
Vodafone is a leading international mobile communications company with interests in 27 countries and partnership agreements with a further 40 countries, including Safaricom in...
The knowledge-driven economy
This case study focuses upon the findings of the Department of Trade and Industry which illustrate how the development of a knowledge-driven economy is...
Steering the economy
In providing an overview of the workings of the economy, this case study focuses on the key role of HM Treasury in implementing Government...
The contribution of accountants to sound ethical business practice
The role of the accountant
In today's increasingly competitive and uncertain business environment, organisations fighting for customers face a number of factors and issues which...
Business principles in action nutritional labelling
Consumers have higher expectations than ever before. They want products to match these expectations. They also want accurate, up-to-date and useful information about what...
Business ethics and corporate social responsibility
Anglo American is one of the world”s leading mining companies. It is a UK public limited company and operates on a global scale. Anglo...
The importance of competition policy
The purpose of competition policy
Competition is an essential element in the efficient working of markets. It brings important benefits to the consumer by:
encouraging enterprise,...
Responding to a changing marketing environment
Lubricating oil is the vital component of every internal combustion engine. From a small passenger vehicle to a Formula 1 racing car, from a...
Responding to changes in the market environment
Jessops has been a leader in the photographic business for over 75 years. The Jessops story began in 1935, when Frank Jessop opened a photography...
Meeting global and local needs
Siemens AG is a global electrical and electronics business with a turnover of £53 billion. The business employs over 450,000 people. The company base...
How HMRC collects tax revenue to support Government policy
The UK Government provides a range of public goods and services. The main ones include:
educationbenefitslaw and orderdefenceroadsNational Health Service.
Within the UK, public expenditure is...
Creating a supportive business environment for SMEs
In the past there was always a belief that large corporations with the ability to develop mass-production techniques and gain from economies of scale...
Meeting the challenge
Governments markets are made up of the spending of National and Local governments. Each year the government spends billions of pounds on a range...
Supporting international trade
One of the biggest challenges for business organisations in the UK is learning how and where to trade overseas. In an interdependent world, international...
Partners in international trade
This case study focuses on the HSBC Group, which, as one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, is able...