ABstract ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-III

Declaration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV
Acknowledgement --------------------------------------------------------------------V
Table of Contents--------------------------------------------------------------- VI-VII
List of Tables & Figures ---------------------------------------------------------- VIII
List of Appendices -------------------------------------------------------------------IX
Abbreviations -------------------------------------------------------------------------X
1. CHAPTER-ONE: INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------1-
11
1.1. Concept of business environment------------------------------------------- 1
1.2. Nepalese socio-cultural business environment ------------------------- 2
1.3. Nepalese economic business environment ------------------------------ 3
1.4. Globalization of Nepalese economy ---------------------------------------- 5
1.5. World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nepalese context ---------------- 6
1.6. Task environment --------------------------------------------------------------- 7
1.7. Statement of the problem ----------------------------------------------------- 7
1.8. Objective of the study ---------------------------------------------------------- 9
1.9. Methodology of the study ----------------------------------------------------- 9
1.9.1. Research design---------------------------------------------------------- 9
1.9.2. Sample of the study---------------------------------------------------- 10
1.9.3. Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
10. Limitations ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
11. Format of the study------------------------------------------------------------ 11
2. CHAPTER-TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE-------------------------------------12-
17
2.1. Background--------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
2.2. Business environment ------------------------------------------------------- 12
2.3. Environmental analysis ------------------------------------------------------ 13
2.4. Study of general business environment in other countries ---------- 13
2.5. Nepalese organizational culture ------------------------------------------- 15
2.6. Task and internal environment of Nepalese organizations --------- 17
3. CHAPTER-THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY-----------------------------18-
22
3.1. Background--------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
3.2. Research design -------------------------------------------------------------- 18
3.3. Population and sample ------------------------------------------------------ 18
3.4. Nature of survey sample ---------------------------------------------------- 19
3.5. Instruments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
3.6. Tools and techniques -------------------------------------------------------- 22
VII
4. CHAPTER-FOUR: CONTENT ANALYSIS AND PRELEMINARY STUDIES -23-
30
4.1. Background--------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
4.2. Project-A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23
4.3. Project-B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25
4.4. Project-C ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27
4.5. Project-D ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29
5. CHAPTER-FIVE: INSTRUMENT DESIGN FOR GENERAL BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS----------------------------------------------------------31-30
5.1. Background--------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
5.2. Concept operationalization and items design -------------------------- 32
5.3. Questionnaire design -------------------------------------------------------- 33
5.4. Method -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33
5.5. Analysis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34
5.6. Results--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36
5.6.1. Principal component factor analysis ------------------------------- 36
5.6.2. Maximum Likelihood confirmatory factor analysis ------------- 40
5.6.3. Reliability analysis------------------------------------------------------ 41
6. CHAPTER-SIX: DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS--46-
66
6.1. Background--------------------------------------------------------------------- 45
6.2. Global business environment ---------------------------------------------- 45
6.3. Nepalese economic business environment ----------------------------- 48
6.4. Nepalese socio cultural business environment------------------------- 51
6.5. Nepalese technological business environment------------------------- 53
6.6. Nepalese political business environment -------------------------------- 55
6.7. Generalization of the findings ---------------------------------------------- 57
6.8. Comparative status of Nepalese general business environment
components --------------------------------------------------------------------- 63
6.9. Opportunities & threats in Nepalese general business environment -- 65
7. CHAPTER-SEVEN: FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS --67-
70
7.1. Background--------------------------------------------------------------------- 67
7.2. Major findings ------------------------------------------------------------------ 67
7.3. Conclusion---------------------------------------------------------------------- 68
7.4. Implication ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 69
REFERENCES------------------------------------------------------------------ 71-72
APPENDICES------------------------------------------------------------------- 73-76