Use the discussion questions to engage further with the text – form debates with friends or formulate essay questions using them to open up new avenues of learning and help with revision.

1. Explain how changes in interest rates affect the automobile, home construction, and auto repair industries.

2. How has government regulation affected the agriculture and banking industries?

3. Using your college or university as an example, explain how political-legal and economic forces have affected its operations over the past decade.

4. Select an industry with which you are at least somewhat familiar. Utilize the search engines at www.findarticles.com and identify some of the important macroenvironmental influences faced by competitors in the industry.