Business GCSE
External environment
What External environment means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of External environment
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Reference: AQA
The external setting in which a business operates, made up of conditions and forces that affect it and never stand still.
Topics that use External environment
- The purpose and nature of businesses (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptation and change
- Added value
- Adding value through transformation
- Business functions
- Business growth and structure
- Business size and scale
- Business survival and growth
- Capital
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