Enterprise - External influences

"No man is an island" the poet John Donne observed in 1623 and in the 21st century globalisation and multinational corporations certainly prove the point.

Trade has an interdependence as never before and, whether working within a market economy or mixed economy, companies are invariably prone to the economic cycle.

Unemployment, inflation, interest rates and the exchange rate will all affect a company's ability to remain buoyant in the market place and more long-term factors like demographics, and technological change will do so as well.

This completes our nine part guide to enterprise and economic activity.