Government stability:Political stability of countries is an important issue that firms need to consider becauseother indicators may point to a country as being investor friendly, however that couldrapidly change when there is elections or political instability (e.g. Egypt). This could leadto massive disruption in a firm·s operations and strategy or in a worst case scenario whereStarbucks was forced to c
ompletely pull out of Israel because of such issues thus negativelyaffecting its strategy for expansion.Political influence is unfavourable in this case and presents a threat to Starbucks.