External Influencer is this outside an enterprise's organizational boundary that can impact its employment of Means or achievement of Ends. External Influencer is usually categorized as follows:
Competitor: A rival enterprise in a struggle for advantage over the subject enterprise.
Customer: A role played by an individual or enterprise that has investigated, ordered, received, or paid for products or services from the subject enterprise.
Environment: The aggregate of surrounding conditions or Influencers affecting the existence or development of an enterprise.
Partner: An enterprise that shares risks and profit with the subject enterprise (or is associated with the subject enterprise to share risks and profit) because this is mutually beneficial.
Regulation: An order prescribed by an authority such as a government body or the management of an enterprise.
Supplier: A role played by an individual or enterprise that can furnish or provide products or services to the subject enterprise.
Technology: The role of technology, including its developments and limitations — there may be prerequisites for use of technology; there may be enterprise Activity that technology enables or restricts.
