Vorley, T. and Williams, N. (2017) Fostering entrepreneurship and economic growth: Pathways to economic resilience in Kosovo. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 13 (2-3). pp. 159-177. ISSN 1746-0573
Abstract
This study examines economic resilience in the new born state of Kosovo. Resilience is an emerging concept, which has been employed to examine economic performance and responsiveness to exogenous shocks. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders in Kosovo, this paper contributes to the emergent literature on economic resilience by examining how policy seeks to improve resilience through entrepreneurial activity. The paper finds that entrepreneurship in Kosovo is integral to promoting the diversification and capacity building, by developing institutional arrangements to harness productive entrepreneurship and reduce informal economic activity. The paper concludes that restructuring in a post-war context is extremely challenging and requires long-term joined-up approaches, before drawing a series of recommendations concerning the wider policy implications of the study.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Inderscience. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Developmen. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | economic resilience; entrepreneurship; post-conflict restructuring; Kosovo; competitiveness; economic growth; entrepreneurial activity; diversification; capacity building; institutional arrangements; informal economy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2017 14:31 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2018 01:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1504/WREMSD.2017.083019 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Inderscience |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1504/WREMSD.2017.083019 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116851 |