Environment influence On SWOT Environment influence is a part of SWOT analysis. SWOT is acronym of strengths,weakness, opportunity and threats. Threats and opportunities come under the purviewof the external environment of the business..2 DEFINITION OF BUSINESS The term ‘typically’ refers to the development and processing of economic values insociety. Normally, the term is applied to portion of economic activities whose primarypurpose is to provide goods and services for society in an effective manner.