Business environment, changes

Many project investment decisions are the result of significant analysis of various projects. The decision is based on analyses and the assumption that the organization commits large sums of money upfront to a project, and if the project fails, the company has lost most if not all of the investment. This approach can be risky as the business environment changes. The viability of a project can be seriously questioned if the assumptions that led to a project being selected have changed. In the same way, a project that appeared unfeasible can become viable with changes in the business environment. 

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This chapter briefly discusses the future of SAS programming and the SAS programmer in the world of clinical trials. The impact of the business environment, regulatory issues, technological changes, and standards organizations on the future of SAS programming in clinical trials is addressed. 

A last kind of effect may result from a basic change in the nature of the business environment created by the "new regula-tion". This is a systemic effect Which will significantly affect the skill mix of chemical firms, their R D processes, and their general business strategy. These effects in turn have important, though still largely unpredictable, effects on the nature (as well as the outcome) of the innovation process in the chemical industry. 

For SCM to be relevant in a diversified and global supply chain, it needs a dedicated and globally operating organization. This has to reflect the business environment as well as being able to support a changing production network. 

BASF therefore aims to harness the changing business environment and achieve sustainable, profitable growth. However, operating successfully in an emerging and highly dynamic market also requires careful evaluation of the risks that could endanger that success. BASF therefore analyzes several key risk factors in China on a regular basis. The most prominent ones at present are the development of ... 

The business environment might be under rapid change, so that the cost implications of the standard could change and assumptions in the standardsetting process become invalid. 

We work in a rapidly changing business environment. Companies that were formed when regional economies controlled market forces are now competing in a global business environment. This has resulted in industry consolidation and changes in many business practices. This is especially true in mature industries, such as the chemical industry. 

The rise of complex and amorphous NGO alliances serves as an emerging indicator of a global business environment that is on the cusp of fundamental change. Increasingly, previously marginal actors create opportunities to realize their collective potential as networked actors in ways unimagined in the past. 

There has never been a more complex and challenging business environment in global agriculture. The world we live and work in is changing every single day, and nowhere is it more evident than in the agrochemical industry. 

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