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Introduction
andEasternEuropeparticipatinginthe1
stInternationalScientificConference
on"InternationalMarketingandBusinessintheCEEMarkets”,organised
inOctober2008inKatowice,Poland.
PartIofthispaperaddressestheissuesofinternationalbusinessenviron-
mentontheEuropeanmarket.InChapter1J.Wiktorexaminestheinstitutional
frameworkofbusinessactivityonthismarket,emphasisingtheimpact
oftheReformTreaty(TreatyofLisbon)regulationsonthedevelopment
oftheEUinternalmarket.TheconceptofSingleEuropeanMarketispresented
alongwiththevisionofthismarketforthe21
stcenturyanddetailedre-
commendationsconcerningconsumerprotectionanddevelopmentofcompeti-
tivenessandinnovativenessoftheEuropeaneconomy.TheissuesoftheEuro-
peanSingleMarketarefurtherraisedbyK.Mazurek-ŁopacińskainChapter2.
TheauthordescribesthefoundationsoftheEuropeanidentityandinthiscon-
textdemonstratesthechangingimageofPolishandEuropeancitizens
andassessmentofbenefitsresultingfromPoland’saccessiontotheEU.
SheshowsthechangesinlifestylesandpurchasingbehaviourofPolishcon-
sumers,aswellastheconvergenceanddiversificationofconsumptionstruc-
turesontheWesternEuropeandCEEmarkets.Theissueofdiversification
ofconsumptionstructuresiscontinuedinChapter3byM.Sobocińskawho
dealswithdiversificationofparticipationinculture.Sheprovesthatthere
isasignificantgapbetweentheconsumptionlevelsofCEEandWestern
Europe,whichmaybejustified,bothbyinsufficientfinancialresources
andunderdevelopedneeds.
Chapter4isdevotedtotheinstitutionaldeterminantsofinternationalbusi-
nessontheCEEmarkets.A.Olejniczuk-Mertaconfrontstheobjectivesofthe
LisbonStrategywithitsresultsevaluatedbythereadinessoftheCEEeco-
nomiestoentertheinternationalexchange,foreigndirectinvestmentandinno-
vativeactivitiesthatinfluencetheinternationalisationpotentialofbusinesses
inthesecountries.A.Olejniczuk-Mertabelievesthatsystemicandinstitutional
determinantsstillplayamajorroleinmeetingobjectivesoftheLisbonStrategy,
thusleadingtorelativebackwardnessofinternationalbusinessintheCentral
andEasternEurope.Theissuesofinternationalbusinessdeterminants
ontheCEEmarketsarealsodiscussedinChapter5.A.Żbikowskashowshere
thestatisticaldataandresearchresultsillustratingthediversificationoftheeco-
nomic,legalandpoliticalenvironmentfactorsintheCEEcountries,including
boththeEUmembersandnon-memberstates.Chapter6writtenbyG.Davulis
focusesonthethoroughanalysisofthelocaltaxesdiversityintheEUcountries,
givingsomerecommendationsconcerningpossibledirectionsofchanges
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