Choose one of the types of environments and complete the following:

The Six Business Environments are:

Domestic

Global

Technological

Political-legal (P-L)

SocioCultural (S-C)

Economic

1. Perform research (minimum of 2 scholarly sources in APA format; see resources below).

2. Briefly summarize your chosen environment's past, present, and future.
a. What was that environment like in the past (more than 20 years ago)? Was it affected by the other environments?
b. Next, describe what it's like in today's business world.
c. Lastly, what does the future hold for your environment?
d. At least one business theorist must be integrated into the information.

3. This is specific to the environment; don't discuss companies and industries, yet.

4. Minimum 5 complete paragraphs; a paragraph is a minimum of 100 words.

Readings based on your chosen environment to discuss; you are not limited to the below:

Sociocultural:
1. Geert Hofstede: http://geert-hofstede.com/

Economic:

2. Rostow's Economic Development: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/nvfordc/econdev/introduction/stages.html

3. Galbraith and Economics: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2006/04/john_kenneth_ga.html

4. The Leontief Paradox: http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/leo.htm

Domestic:

5. Michael Porter's Five Forces Model: http://www.businessballs.com/portersfiveforcesofcompetition.htm

Global:

6. Global Agricultural Marketing Management: http://www.fao.org/docrep/W5973E/w5973e00.htm#Contents

7. Platzek, B. P., Winzker, D., & Pretorius, L. (2011, January). Global business environment: Holistic intrapreneurship. SCMS Journal of Indian Management, 8(1), 96-114 located in BUSN310 campus guide.

8. Elekdag, S. (2008). How does the global economic environment influence the demand for IMF resources? IMF Staff Papers, 55(4), 624-653. doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.4 located in BUSN310 campus guide.

Technology:
9. Goedhuys, M., Janz, N., &Mohnen, P. (2008, June). What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or business environment? European Journal of Development Research, 20(2), 199-218. doi:10.1080/09578810802060785 located in BUSN310 campus guide.

Political/Legal
10. Wu, Q. (2007, November). The making of a market economy in China: Transformation of government regulation of market development. European Law Journal, 13(6), 750-771. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0386.2007.00394.x located in