Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-383) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgment -- From the macro- to the micro-environment -- The challenges of sustainable business development in the post-industrial society in the first half of the 21st century / Vasja Roblek, Higher Institution Fizioterapevtika, Slovenia, Ivan Erenda, TPV d.o.o, Slovenia, Maja Melko, University of Primorska, Slovenia -- Institutional background of effective strategies for business sustainability / Yaroslav Zhalilo, Institute for Economics and Forecasting, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine -- Measuring country risk : a topic of renewed interest / Nerea San-Martín-Albizuri, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain, Arturo Rodríguez-Castellanos, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain -- Management of risks in sustainable supply chain using AHP and Monte Carlo simulation / Sunil Luthra, Government Engineering College, India, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Graphic Era University, India, V.G. Venkatesh, The University of Waikato, New Zealand, Suresh Kumar Jakhar, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India -- Strategic knowledge management -- Strategic information surveillance / José Poças Rascão, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal -- A managerial early warning system : from an abstract to a subjective approach / Ramona Diana Leon, The National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Romania -- Information sharing and cognitive involvement for sustainable workplaces / Francesco Caputo, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, Federica Evangelista, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy -- Knowledge, innovation and profitability : an empirical analysis in knowledge intensive firms / Monica Longo-Somoza, Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain -- Knowledge based decision making : a multi case analysis / Mirjana Pejic-Bach, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Mislav Ante Omazic, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Ana Aleksic, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Jovana Zoroja, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia -- Microfinance institutions influenced by national culture : an evidence based on investigating 35 countries / Zsuzsanna Banász, University of Pannonia, Hungary, Anikó Csepregi, University of Pannonia, Hungary -- Connecting with the external stakeholders and evaluating company's performance -- Consumers, businesses and governments during an economic crisis : a marketing perspective / Taner Sigindi, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey -- Marketing mix adaptation of large-scale hotels in turbulent times : a case from Mugla city / Funda Bayrakdarolu, Mugla Stk? Koçman University, Turkey, Ali Naci Karabulut, Mugla S?tk? Koçman University, Turkey -- Corporate social responsibility in tourism businesses : the Spanish case / Raquel García Revila, UDIMA Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Spain, Olga Martínez Moure, UDIMA Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Spain -- The breath of life : from philanthropy to global corporate citizenship / Gönül Kaya Özba?, Kocaeli University, Turkey -- Controlling instruments for the sustainability of a business : research regarding the application of marketing controlling instruments in business / Corina Pelau, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, Vlad Rosca, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania -- Performance measurement systems for healthcare organisations / Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, Sara Elena Trespalacios Figueroa, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, Juan-Jose Alfaro-Saiz, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, María-José Verdecho, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.

"This book is organized around three sections, following a circular approach; it goes from external to internal environment and then back to the external one. It emphasizes the main challenges of the post-industrial society and sheds light on several sources of turbulence from the national, technological, socio-demographical and legal / administrative environment"--