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microenvironment

microenvironment

7.2
The customers, suppliers, and competitors that directly affect a business
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪkroʊɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : microentorno
  • A company's microenvironment includes its customers, suppliers, and direct competitors.

Examples

  • Understanding the microenvironment helps businesses respond quickly to changes in their immediate market.

  • The success of a new product often depends on the microenvironment surrounding its launch.

  • The microenvironment affects business decisions.

  • Is the microenvironment favorable for startups?

  • A company's microenvironment includes its customers, suppliers, and direct competitors.

  • The success of a new product often depends on the microenvironment surrounding its launch.

  • Understanding the microenvironment helps businesses respond quickly to changes in their immediate market.

How Immediate

microenvironment
  • Specialized
7.2
surroundings
112 2.5
industry
∞ 2.6

Surface Forms

microenvironment singular
microenvironments plural

Morphology

microenvironment = environment (semi-transparent) = micro + environment

The form clearly means 'small environment', but the business sense is a specialized extension of that basic compositional meaning.

Etymology

Microenvironment joins micro- 'small', which you see in words like microchip, and environment 'surroundings'. So it means the 'small area around' something, which is why businesses use it for the immediate customers, suppliers and competitors that directly affect them.