Monday, November 19, 2012

PESTEL audit or audit if five forces (con.)


Economic factors
Economic factors affect the purchasing power of potential customers and the firm's cost of capital. The following are examples of factors in the macroeconomy:
Ø  economic growth
Ø  interest rates
Ø  exchange rates
Ø  inflation rate
Social factors
Social factors include the demographic and cultural aspects of the external macro environment. These factors affect customer needs and the size of potential markets. Some social factors include:
Ø  health consciousness
Ø  population growth rate
Ø  age distribution
Ø  career attitudes
Ø  emphasis on safety
Social factors of Nokia
Nokia have never really had any of these affect the way in which they operate because they have never done anything that is really anti-environmental, the only problem is the fact that the mobile phones let of radiation and has been said to increase the risk of cancer in mobile phone users, but this has not been highly documented and hasn't affected how Nokia have conducted themselves.

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