내외부 환경의 이해는 미래 예측 및 현상황의 이해를 위한 기업의 핵심적 활동임
-기업의 외부 환경은 주요 세 범주로 나뉘어짐 : the general, industry, competitor environments
산업과 기업에 영향을 미치는 폭넓은 사회의 범주로 구성되어짐
범주 6개 : demographic, economic, political/legal, sociocultural, technological, globa
environment, the industry is still growing and its influence on the world economy has not weakened.
A question then arise, what type of marketing strategy the industry has been applying in order to form a huge global market and what would be effective strategy to adopt in changing environment. The question can be tackled by analysing an individual company which has been adopting its strategy
the world in which we operate (environment, economic, social) creating a better tomorrow than today.
Visions are Care for customers, consumers and the world we live in, sell only products we can be proud of, speak with truth and candor, balance short term and long term, win with diversity and inclusion, respect others and succeed together.
7. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
2.1 Industry Classification
Before we take a look at the industry environment, we are going to classify what kinds of industry does the Costco belongs to and see how that industry is doing so. In the big picture or frame, Costco can be classified as a one of the distribution industry. If we go in to more detail, it can be divided in to two different industries that are wholesales industry an
2. Political and legal issues◎ Safety issue
In 2005, U.S. emergency center reported more than 200 thousand accidents caused by toys. Needless to say, quality improvements and handling safety issue raises cost for the firm. This becomes a great issue considering industry environment described above; aggravated by the increase in production price, coming from the increase in the material cost.