Using your knowledge of the environmental forces, indicate which environmental force is represented by each example.

New Entrants

Competitors

Suppliers

Buyers

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There are thousands of brands of craft beer.

The local electric company is the only source of electricity in the community.

In $2015$ and $2016,$ respectively, Amazon Handmade and Facebook Marketplace were launched as places where individuals could find buyers for one$-$of$-$a$-$kind items.

A Starbucks opened around the corner from the local coffee shop.

Walmart makes large purchases from suppliers to stock inventory for its customers.

Organizations can adapt to the forces in their environments. They have several methods available to them. The question presents several examples of the actions organizations took in response to forces in the environment.

For each action, indicate the environmental threat that action was intended to mitigate.

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Facebook acquired Instagram.

AT&T$,$ a cable provider, merged with DirecTV, a satellite provider.

Facebook is funding the development of infrastructure that will provide Internet access in developing countries.