Selected big issues faced by business

Which of the concepts presented below would you consider internal factors which may affect a company's performance?
Which agents are external?
Which points belong to economic factors?
Which aspects would fall into 'social' brackets?
Which concerns are definitely legal matters?
Which items engage politics?
Which concern technology?
Which factors are largely environmental?
Which ideas are interconnected?
Which are the most impactful? Why?
How do you think they can be embraced?
Could any of these be prevented?
Which lead to critical failures?
Do you recognise any reputable companies which have handled these challenges successfully?
Which renowned firms collapsed due to lack of recognition of any of the problems?
What is the lesson any start-up may learn from both the victories and losses of the big?
Which businesses are your private role models? Why?

- uncertainty
- assumptions
- globalisation
- innovation
- government policy and regulations
- technologies
- diversity
- information overload
- competitiveness
- supply chains
- strategic thinking & problem solving
- recruitment
- dependencies
- reality check
- communication
- environmental/weather damage
- audit
- cyberattacks
- corruption
- outsourcing
- retaining top talent
- mass demographic shift
- next gen
- growth urgency
- interconnection
- brand awareness
- market change
- resources
- purpose
- skills
- finances
- marketing
- networking
- living standards
- wage rates
- culture matters
- customers
- apetite for risk
- any other idea?

Citing Brett Nelson, Forbes, ''In an age when vast fortunes are amassed in a heartbeat (...), it's easy to forget that prospering over the long haul demands relentless focus on the fundamentals.'' Do you agree?

The same Forbes offers just another interesting idea: ''Addressing the fundamental questions often involves wrestling with many aspects of business at the same time, so to group them by functional discipline (...) somewhat misses the point.'' How do you interpret it?

(Forbes, Apr 26, 2012)