The Growth of Firms in Less-Developed Countries Lessons from Kosovo /

• Main Author: Sahiti, Fadil (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Development economics.; Economic growth.; Economic history.; Entrepreneurship.; European Economic Community literature.; Europe-Politics and government.; Development Economics.; Economic Growth.; Economy-wide Country Studies.; European Integration.; European Politics.

This book contributes to the microeconomics of growth among SMEs in less-developed countries. It begins with an overview of the Kosovo economy, and takes the case of Kosovo to explore the dynamics and determinants of firm growth. The author does this by exploring dynamics of firms' creation; su...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Economic Profile of Kosovo: Problems and Challenges
• 3. Firm growth factors: a state of the art review and research issues
• 4. Measuring business dynamics in Kosovo: cross-country comparison and analysis
• 5. An Analysis of the Business Environment in Kosovo using Growth Diagnostics Approach
• 6. Resources, capabilities and managerial practices of firms in less-developed economies: evidence from Kosovo manufacturing firms
• 7. Social and economic conditions and firm growth
• 8. Conclusions on the growth of firms in less developed countries.