Uncontrollable variables

Thins business cannot do anything about what they do.

• competition
• technological change
• consumerpreferences
• tax rates
• laws + legislation
• trends
• state of economy
• quantity of available material
• variable costs
• supplier costs
• goverment
• banks - rates of interest in loands
• employees- resign./ strike
• min wage
• laws on employees
• investors
• wars + terrorism