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Introduction
Theneedtoaltermanagers’attitudesfrommarketprofessionalismtocivicpro-
fessionalismisemphasised.GlobalissuesarealsodiscussedinChapter28
inwhichH.Borlandlooksforantecedentsanddriversofstrategicsustainability
offirmsandsocieties.Sheanalysestheinfluenceofstrategicsustainability
onbusinessmodelsandconcepts,aswellasmarketingandmanagement
practice.TheauthorrefersextensivelytotheEnvironmentalScienceTheory
identifyingthethreatsofstabledevelopment,i.e.over-population,energyover-
-consumption,andhabitatdestruction.Theglobalperspectivethatisoutlinedin
thelastpartofthepaperisparticularlyvaluablesinceitallowstoviewthemar-
ketingandbusinessproblemsfacedbytheCEEcountriesfromadistance
andwiththesenseofsharedresponsibility.Thisconclusionscouldsuccessfully
provideanintroductiontotheconsiderationsundertakeninthiswholemono-
graphy.
ProvidingreaderswiththispaperIwouldliketoexpressmydeepcon-
victionthatthewidespectrumofissuesandviewspresentedbytheauthors
fromseveralcountriesofWestern,CentralandEasternEuropewillallow
forappreciatingthewealthofdiversityandthesenseofcommunitythatboth
uniteEuropeansoftheWestandEast,NorthandSouth.Ihonestlyhopethat
theresearchresultspresentedwillencourageotherscientiststoundertake
thoroughstudiesofthechangingdeterminantsandstrategiesofmarketing
andbusinessintheCEEmarkets,thusbeingavaluablecontribution
totheEuropeandreamweallwishtocometrue.
MajaSzymura-Tyc
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