Stakeholder analysis is a review of the way in which your business activities impact key stakeholders, typically including customers, communities, business associates, employees and the government.

Stakeholder analysis is the review and consideration of the impact stakeholders have on your business. This has becoming increasingly important in the early 21st century, as non-shareholder entities, ...

People in government, business, and political and civil society organisations routinely talk about 'stakeholders'. They do exercises in stakeholder analysis to inform their 'strategic planning'.