The External Environment

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The External EnvironmentThe Broad EnvironmentSocio-cultural ForcesGlobal Economic ForcesGlobal Technological ForcesGlobal Political/Legal ForcesThe Task EnvironmentCompetitive ForcesExternal Stakeholders and environmental UncertaintyPartnering with External StakeholdersStrategic GroupsKey Points SummaryEnd Notes2CHAPTERJust like the steel and auto in-dustries during earlierdecades, the music industry isunder siege. In recent years,the technological, economic,legal, and competitive forceshave conspired to alter adecades-old business traditional music recordingand production companies inthe $40 billion music industryare being forced to evolvefrom selling products to simplyproviding a CDs each cost about$.

External Stakeholders and Environmental Uncertainty Partnering with External Stakeholders Strategic Groups ... Analysis of societal trends is important from at least four perspectives. First, because most of the other stakeholder groups are also mem- ... Chapter 2 The External Environment 21

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