Several Fundamental Theoretical Problems in Research of Business Environments

This article puts forward some elementary viewpoints concerning the definition of business environment, the constitution of business environment system, the relationship between enterprise and environment and other fundamental theoretical issues. The business environment includes internal environment and external environment, which is the integration of realistic factors influencing business management decision and business operation. It is a system constituted by social environment, market environment, natural environment and business internal environment. Internal environment and external environment are interactive and their relationship is dynamic. They can be called environment for each other and there exists no one way transition between them, we cannot say whose power is subject to the other, the same conclusion is also the case for the relationship between the various elements of business environment and between enterprise and environment.