Business Environment, The, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (March 2, 2023) © 2023
  • Ed Thompson
  • Ian Worthington
  • Chris Britton

Title overview

Encourage your students to explore the internal and external environments in which business operates today

The Business Environment: A Global Perspective, 9th Edition, by Thompson, Worthington and Britton offers an introduction to how domestic and international business environments operate. Employing a PESTLE model, the text explains contexts, types of organization and markets, dealing with issues in socioeconomic, political and legal structures. It helps students put theory into practice with case studies from local and international organizations. New chapters on the Covid-19 pandemic and de-globalizing factors, including Brexit, convey the complexity of the business environment.

Hallmark features of this title

Relevant, real-life understanding of concepts

  • Analysis of macro- and micro-environmental influences that affect business operations in today's world.
  • PESTLE structure: The text is structured on the widely recognised PESTLE model with additional topical content.

Puts theory into practice

  • Case studies of varying complexity relate the theory represented in the chapter to real-life situations in a range of diverse organisations.
  • Personal Relevance: The implications of issues are linked to personal experience, such as overdrafts, student loans, modes of employment and rising prices.

User-friendly structure

  • Consistent framework: Learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter to help students evaluate their progress.
  • End-of-chapter review questions to test students' understanding and how to apply the concepts in real life context.

New and updated features of this title

A range of new and updated features reflect the latest developments in the field.

  • NEW:chapter on the risk and impact of pandemics, including Covid-19
  • NEW: chapter on the effect and precedent of de-globalising factors, including sanctions, nationalism, protectionism, and Brexit
  • UPDATED! New and classic examples of contemporary business issues
  • UPDATED! Two case studies for each chapter, in most cases one of which is relevant to service sector industries such as travel and tourism
  • REVISED! Additional appendices including short to medium term predictions in changes in the business environment
  • UPDATED! Links to relevant web pages are highlighted throughout the text to help direct students' research

Key features

Features of Pearson eText for the 9th Edition

Encourage your students to take a "deep dive" and explore the modern business environment.

The Business Environment: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to how local and international business environments operate today, following a systematic and logical approach with a wide range of features, up-to-date content, and contemporary case studies.

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Table of contents

  1. 1.Business organisations: the external environment
  2. 2.Business organisations: the internal environment
  3. 3.The global context of business
  4. 4.The political environment
  5. 5.The macroeconomic environment
  6. 6.The demographic, social and cultural context of business
  7. 7.The resource context: people, technology and natural resources
  8. 8.The legal environment
  9. 9.The ethical and ecological environment
  10. 10.Legal structures
  11. 11.Size structure of firms
  12. 12.Industrial structure
  13. 13.Government and business
  14. 14.The market system
  15. 15.Market structure
  16. 16.International markets and trade
  17. 17.Governments and markets
  18. 18.Strategy and the changing environment

Author bios

Ed Thompson is an Associate Professor and Director of Apprenticeships in Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University. His research is focused on organisational behaviour and crisis management. He is also a member of the editorial board of the SGEN Research Review in the Philippines.

Ian Worthington is an Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability at De Montfort University, UK. He has published in, and reviewed for, a variety of academic journals in both the UK and the US.

Chris Britton was formerly Principal Lecturer at De Montfort University where her teaching and research interests included industrial economics, labour markets and executive recruitment.

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