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Internal environment
The internal environment of a business consists of the factors for which the business is itself responsible – hiring, personnel, ensuring an appropriate skills mix to support the business, provision of suitable materials and equipment, marketing the product or service, and of course administration and management of all of these.
External environment
The external environment of a business can include many factors which sit outside it, and over which it has little or no control
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