In Marketing, Environmental Forces Refer to

question 113

Multiple Choice

In marketing, environmental forces refer to

• A) the internal strengths of a company that enable the firm to remain competitive.
• B) the marketing manager's uncontrollable factors-product, price, promotion, and place-that can be used to solve marketing problems.
• C) the unpredictable or uncontrollable availability of natural resources that can enhance or restrain a company's growth.
• D) the marketing manager's uncontrollable forces in a marketing decision involving social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces.
• E) the marketing manager's controllable forces in a marketing decision involving social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces.

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Definitions:

Intellectual Challenges

Tasks or problems that require significant mental effort or creativity to solve, often contributing to cognitive development or understanding.

Reflectiveness

The capacity to examine and analyze one's own thoughts, feelings, and actions critically and thoughtfully.

Field Dependence

a cognitive style characterized by a reliance on external frames of reference and the tendency to perceive and interpret information in terms of the total field.

Field Independence

A cognitive style in which individuals can easily separate details from the surrounding context, often performing well in tasks requiring finding a figure embedded in a background.