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标题：Business Environment Analysis: Globalization Era Imperative For Small Scale Industries
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作者：E.A. Dionco-Adetayo ; J.O. Adetayo
期刊名称：Journal of Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0971-8923
出版年度：2003
卷号：7
期号：4
页码：283-292
出版社：Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi
摘要：It is of little use to look at only the structure and the internal environment of an organization without giving full weight to the external environment in which a business has to conduct its operation. It is on this framework the study was conduct- ed. A cross-sectional field study was applied to seventeen small-scale manufacturing firms that were randomly selected among the fifty-one companies. External environmental factors were measured using 5-point and nominal scaling methods. The data were collected through the use of interview schedule and focus group discussion specifically on variables pertinent to developmental issues. Results of the analysis show that economic variables had highly influenced the management decisions of the firms especially devaluation of currency, and energy availability. The socio-cultural variables had almost highly influenced management decisions. These are variables like regional shifts in population, and growth of population. Results also show that productivity improvement through automation had highly influenced technological management decisions, while foreign trade regulation was found highly influencing political-legal manage- ment decisions. The results further revealed that globali- zation, liberalization, information technology and technological trends, and social responsibility were among the major key developmental issues in business environment influencing small-scale management decisions in Nigeria.
关键词：External environment; small-scale ; industries; management decisions