The Built Environment and Economic Context: Impacts on Enterprise Operations, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Strategies

Abstract

The built environment—encompassing infrastructure quality, spatial layout, and regional development planning—serves as a foundational external con-text that interacts with economic factors to shape enterprises’ strategic deci-sions and operational performance. This paper examines the combined influ-ence of the built environment and economic environment on enterprises from four integrated dimensions: macroeconomic cycles (aligned with regional built environment development stages), industrial policy orientation (linked to built environment planning), market competition structure (shaped by spatial ag-glomeration in the built environment), and factor cost fluctuations (affected by infrastructure accessibility in the built environment). Through simplified empir-ical analysis (typical cases + core indicator verification), it reveals how the built environment mediates the impacts of economic factors on enterprises’ revenue, costs, and risk management. Specifically, high-quality built environ-ment infrastructure enhances the efficiency of policy implementation and re-duces factor costs, while rational spatial layout optimizes market competition patterns. Finally, the paper proposes lightweight adaptation strategies for different types of enterprises to synergize with both built and economic environment changes. The study finds that the built environment moderates the elasticity of enterprise revenue to macroeconomic cycles; industrial policies and factor costs exert amplified or weakened effects depending on built environment conditions; and the built environment’s spatial agglomeration characteristics further define the boundaries of enterprise profit margins.