1 Business organisations : the external environment -- 2 Business organisations : the internal environment -- 3 The political environment -- 4 The macroeconomic environment -- 5 The demographic, social and cultural context of business -- 6 The resource context -- 7 The legal environment -- 8 Legal structures -- 9 Size structure of firms -- 10 Industrial structure -- 11 Government and business -- 12 The market system -- 13 Market structure -- 14 International markets and globalisation -- 15 Governments and markets -- 16 The technological environment : e-business -- 17 Corporate responsibility and the environment -- 18 Monitoring change