Introduction to Business Environment

This presentation provides an introduction to the business environment, including its internal and external elements. It discusses the impacts of monetary and fiscal policy on business activities, as well as global and regional factors that shape business operations. The presentation also highlights the importance of understanding these factors for organizations like TESCO. Find study material and solved assignments on Desklib.

Introduction to Business Environment
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TABLE OF CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION
 MAIN BODY
 Impacts of the monetary and fiscal policy on the activities of
business
 Global and regional factors shape the business activities
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Business environment is a vital aspect in any business. It is a sum of all internal
and external elements. The business environment includes suppliers, customers,
competitors, government, economic condition, investors and media. It also
comprises many other institutions that are working externally.

Business environment also covers various factors such as demand and
supply, customers expectations and needs, activities of government,
market trends and economic changes.
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Impacts of the monetary and fiscal
policy on the activities of business
 Fiscal policy include the several government factors such as direct and indirect
taxation, government borrowing and uses of government spending that can
impact on the growth and level of total demand in the output and economy.
 This policy also assist to alter the way of spending money on products and
services. Fiscal policy also help the organization in properly distribution of wealth
and money according to the resources and benefits.

It will takes necessary concern about improving the money and wealth in
the businesses.
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Alteration in the reserve
requirements
 Monetary policy has main power to alter the reserve requirement and if they
change the reserve requirements, it will create its huge impact on the business
activities.
 Advance reserve requirements will lead to interest rate high and that will
influence the customers towards the deposit money than purchase. Hence, if the
sales quality will decrease, TESCO has to alter the business activities
accordingly.

CONTINUE
 Fiscal policy plays a vital role in the retail business by to encouraging the
company for investment, long term economic development and create jobs.
 Fiscal policies will also effects the cost of conducting business, consumer demand
and investment decisions.
 Increased tax rate will reduced the customers demand because it can expand the
cost of taxable items, making consumer's more conscious about the budget,
decreased the customer's net income and make a mindset to reduce expenditures
according to necessity.
 It can also generate its impacts on the expenses of TESCO (retail business).

Global and regional factors shape
the business activities

 Many global factors such as world trade organisation, Brazil, Russia,
India, china (BRIC) economic, European union (EU) policies and
protectionism. This all the elements and factors can largely affect the
business organisation in UK like TESCO.
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 All the define factors have both negative and positive impacts. World
trade organisation solves many disputes and issues and helps in
providing privileges from the inequitable and unfair trade practices.
 WTO offers better stability and security and also provides a free
platform of trading activities for local as well as international market.
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CONTINUE
 Global factors are very crucial issue for any organization when company operates
in international market or also if the company operating in even its home country.
 Many other global factors that create its impact on TESCO. International
competitiveness is a major element that have a huge impact on the TESCO.
 When company operating in global market and even in home country, TESCO
have to consider the all global competitors in the marketplace such as Wall-mart.
in the situation of high competition then it is very complex for an organization to
compete in the global market so, by analysis the competition, company will able to
stand in front of international competitors

CONCLUSION
From the above study, it is summarized that the monetary and fiscal policy will largely affect the
business activities of TESCO. Fiscal policy involve the many government factors like direct
taxation, borrowing of government that can influence the growth and demand level in the
economy. Business environment plays an essential role in any organisation to offer vital
advantage about many business opportunities.
Business environment helps the TESCO in its business planning, tapping primary resources
and raise the performance of the business. The monetary policies and Fiscal policies is very
important to control and influence the organisation's business activities.

CONTINUE
The TESCO is affected by numerous global factors such asquotas and numerous
rules, tariffs, exchange of subsidy control, legislation and regulations of many
countries in the global market. International competitiveness, International business
environment, tariff and tax and exchange rate are a major element that have a
immense impact on the business activities of TESCO.
All the factors have a many direct impacts on the business activities of TESCO so, it
should have to give its full concern on the all elements and its huge impact on the
business activities and also should have to comply all regulations and policy that can
cause various impacts on the business activities and performance.

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