... (discussed in the next section), or it can be an indirect stakeholder, framing the legal environment in which the firm operates 10 Business in the global environment Exploring the global business environment ... For the student of international business, the coming together of global and local forces is one of the 34 Business in the global environment aspects of the business environment which is becoming ... growth They include Nokia, the Finnish company which has long dominated the mobile handset market (see the closing case study in Chapter 2); the 8 Business in the global environment More online...