Environmental impact

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Environmental influence describes the influence of environmental conditions on a living organism. The term is mainly used in biology and psychology .

In biology, the term environmental factor is also used. If, for example, the dandelion in a mountainous landscape grows much smaller than it normally does at just a little more than sea level , due to the lower oxygen supply. In the animal kingdom, for example, a carp in an environment with an abundant supply of food reaches more than four times the body size of a carp with a small supply of food.

In psychology, the most obvious case is language acquisition . For example, a person of African or Asian origin who has lived in Europe since birth or early childhood will, despite certain biological differences, adopt the exact language or even the dialect of their European environment. Another case here would be the influence of the parental home on the intellectual development of the children: a low level of education of the parents is in part also carried over to the children's professional opportunities.

The decision theory understands the environmental impact of all internal and especially non-company factors that affect entrepreneurial decisions ( action parameters can impact) and by the decision either indirectly ( reaction parameters ) or not ( data parameters can be affected). In this sense, operational environmental influences are the behavior of competitors , consumers or the state (for example in the form of laws ).

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