Business_Advantage_Upper_Intermediate

acted illegally (did something in a way not allowed by law)

business environment (the conditions that organisations operate in and the way that they influence how the organisations operate)

heavily regulated (controlled by rules or laws to a great degree)

impressive and symbolic order (a special and important request from a customer for goods or services)

increasingly globalised (operating internationally more and more)

invested heavily (put a lot of money, effort, time, etc. into something in order to improve it or get an advantage)

largely monopolised (mainly controlled or dominated)

legal and technical monopoly (a situation in which a government gives the right to provide particular goods or services to one company, and in which the company is the only one with the knowledge, machines or methods to provide the goods or services )