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Today, with the globalization and internationalization of the world’s economy, achieving a globally sustainable present and future appears to many to be the most pressing of all planetary challenges. The principal actors in our society, that is, political, economic, and social actors, are seeking new ways to address the most important challenges of global sustainability: to find viable paths to long-term, socially just development in the world economy, currently in crisis, while preserving our planet from the imminent global warming that could trigger an ecological cataclysm. Social issues are as pressing as economic ones in the pursuit of ways to satisfy the needs of the many actors in society as inexpensively as possible, to preserve and generate jobs, to respect human rights and individual integrity, to fight against discrimination, and to help the developing economies to progress.
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Ivanaj, V., Ivanaj, S. (2010). The Contribution of Interdisciplinary Skills to the Sustainability of Business: When Artists, Engineers, and Managers Work Together to Serve Enterprises. In: Stoner, J.A.F., Wankel, C. (eds) Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative. The Palgrave Series on Global Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-11543-9_6
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