(alsoenvironmental analysis)thecollectionandexaminationby acompanyofinformationabouteventsoutsidethecompanythat mightaffectitsfuture:Yourresearchmustcoveryoursuppliers,theirproductcharacteristics, and otheraspectsofenvironmentalscanning.(Definition ofenvironmental scanningfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofenvironmental scanning
environmental scanningThroughenvironmentalscanning, every segment is analyzed to find trend indicators.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Environmentalscanningmainly focuses on the macro environment of a business.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The factors which need to be considered forenvironmentalscanningare events, trends, issues and expectations of the different interest groups.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It asks questions about competitors, market structure, government regulations, economic trends, technological advances, and numerous other factors that make up the business environment (seeenvironmentalscanning).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The agency has been engaged in anenvironmentalscanningprocess that informs its priorities.From theCambridge English CorpusEnvironmentalscanningelectron microscope pictures of palynofacies and charcoal.From theCambridge English CorpusEnvironmentalscanningelectron microscopy as a new technique to determine the hygroscopic behavior of individual aerosol particles.From theCambridge English CorpusEnvironmentalscanningelectron microscope pictures of acritarchs and prasinophytes.From theCambridge English CorpusFoundations ofenvironmentalscanningelectron microscopy.From theCambridge English CorpusEnvironmentalscanningelectron micrographs demonstrated the presence of spherical forms 2-4 micrometers in diameter in areas exhibiting energy dispersive spectra indicative of elevated levels of carbon, phosphorous, and sulfur.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/environmental-scanning##
