Transcription of 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 Notes2 CHAPTERJust 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 $40 billion music industryare being forced to evolvefrom selling products to simplyproviding a CDs each cost about$.50 to make, but retail for$ or more. The $ price covers the cost ofproduction, marketing, distribu-tion, royalties to the artists, andpercentages for the record com-panies and the retailers.
environment (i.e., society, the economy, technology, global politics), it can buffer itself from threats and take advantage of opportunities. On the other hand, the ex-ternal stakeholders that compose an organization’s task environment (i.e., cus-tomers, suppliers, competitors) are subject to substantial firm influence. As de-
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