In 2008, blackberry's market cap peaked at $75 billion. by 2015 this valuation had fallen more than 90 percent, to less than $7 billion. blackberry fell victim to two important pestel factors in its external environment: sociocultural and technological. how did technology contribute to blackberry's decline?

An important source of public scrutiny is "watchdogs." these are: the efforts of a firm's competitors, including how often the competitors attack the firm's strategies. taxpayer-supported government agencies that limit a firm's ability to compete in foreign markets. companies designated by the government to only produce products that support the government defense program. socially conscious groups that make it their mission to measure the social responsibility levels of businesses, and provide consumers with their opinions about the level of corporate responsibility of various companies.