Technological environment external/internal factors impacting business. Technology importance: consumer innovation, cost reduction, information accessibility. Benefits: 25% shipping cost reduction, vendor expansion. Cycle phases: awareness, acquisition, adaptation, advancement, abandonment. Social/economic/plant-level impacts.
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International business environment covering political-legal environment (democracy vs totalitarianism types, political risk types, managing political risk strategies), legal systems (Islamic law, socialist law, civil law, common law), two basic legal system types, intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks), three layers (home environment, host environment, global environment), dispute resolution (conciliation, arbitration, litigation), MNC legal considerations.
IPO performance factors analysis covering objectives (identify micro factors influencing IPO market performance in 2014), research methodology (sample size of 25 companies, multiple regression model), literature review completion, hypothesis formation (four independent variables: age of company, IPO issue size, subscription level, IPO offer prices; five dependent variables for different time periods), detailed analysis for each period (listing day, 7 day, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month return analysis), findings (R square values, P value consideration, coefficient consideration showing negative/positive relationships).
Difference between domestic and international business covering scope comparison, market fluctuations, detailed comparison across multiple dimensions (environment, competition, currency, business risks, research, human resources, organizational vision, product development, legal aspects, investment, pricing, distribution, promotion, logistics, nationality of participants and stakeholders, customer heterogeneity, business regulations controllability), complexity factors in international business operations.