Across
- 4. scanning: Collecting information about the environment surrounding your business
- 9. environment: A business’s external, uncontrollable surroundings; consists of elements such as demographics, society and culture, the economy, competition, government, and technology; forces operating outside a business that affect its chances for success
- 10. The system in which people make and spend their incomes
- 11. responsibility: The duty of business to contribute to the well-being of society
- 12. The physical and social characteristics of the population
- 15. Acquiring assistance from outside organizations/consultants to obtain goods or services to accomplish business objectives or perform primary business activities
- 16. The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars
- 17. A rise in prices that may occur when demand exceeds supply or when productivity declines and costs of labor go up
Down
- 1. A practice in which a person or group attempts to influence lawmakers to pass or block certain legislation
- 2. Business Bureau (BBB) A consumer-action agency that collects and disseminates information on business reliability and alerts the public to potential fraud situations; a consumer organization that monitors complaints against businesses
- 3. item: A product that is wanted but not needed
- 5. Monies that individuals or businesses must pay to the government
- 6. The customs, habits, and traditions of a particular group of people
- 7. Scientific applications to business objectives or the methods used to attain those objectives
- 8. Changing; changeable (able to be changed)
- 13. The knowledge, ability, and willingness to adjust your opinions and behaviors so that you value and are sensitive to people and ideas from other cultures
- 14. The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders