External analysis

External analysis
Trends	Typical sources of market information
Government	Legislation and initiatives
Economic	ANZ Wren research - time series data Transition_economy
Social	ABS Social trends UK Social trends (pdf 170 Kb)
Technology	Gartner hype cycle AGIMO ITU
Ecology
Consumer behaviour	AC Nielsen research reports
Power of buyers
Power of suppliers
Threat of substitutes
Market segments
Competition	Business organisations
Industry transitions
Opportunity
Correlation
Strategy options