Entrepreneurship in the Balkans Diversity, Support and Prospects

This book represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of entrepreneurship and small business management issues in the Balkans region. It provides major theoretical and empirical evidence that offers a brighter view of these fields and aims to open

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Entrepreneurship in the Balkans Diversity, Support and Prospects Forewords by Léo-Paul Dana and Alain Fayolle

Entrepreneurship in the Balkans

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Veland Ramadani • Robert C. Schneider Editors

Entrepreneurship in the Balkans Diversity, Support and Prospects

Editors Veland Ramadani Faculty of Business and Economics South-East European University Tetovo Macedonia

Robert C. Schneider The College at Brockport State University of New York Brockport, New York USA

ISBN 978-3-642-36576-8 ISBN 978-3-642-36577-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-36577-5 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013938788 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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Forewords

On my eldest uncle’s documents, his country of birth was boldly indicated as EmpireOttoman – French for Ottoman Empire. When I was a child, my mother would tell me about the Ottoman Empire and its policies and how it was home to various ethnic groups who thrived with entrepreneurship. Also since a very young age I was exposed to entrepreneurs who had migrated from the Hellenic monarchy or the military junta to become entrepreneurs a