Transnational networks, transnational entrepreneurship and role of the state: The Cases of Serbia and Albania

Pavlov, Tanja and Predojević-Despić, Jelena and Milutinović, Svetlana and Jelačić, Miroslava and Jovanović, Jovana and Zhebo, Eldisa and Balli, Brikena and Zeneli, Bernard and Barjaba, Kosta (2013) Transnational networks, transnational entrepreneurship and role of the state: The Cases of Serbia and Albania. [Study]

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The aim of the research is to determine transnational entrepreneurial business activities of migrants and returnees who are doing business in/with Serbia and in/with Albania, and the success of their business that depends on regular contacts with foreign countries. More specifically, we try to investigate transnational forms of economic activities among migrants/returnees in the two countries respectively, explore their motives, and examine micro, meso and macro factors affecting their transnational business practices. The objective of this research project was to examine formal, semi‐formal and informal transnational networks developed by transnational entrepreneurs that link the Western Balkans with other European and overseas countries. We wanted to find out how the transfer of social and financial capital, together with know‐how, is sustained within these networks and how it may affect the local communities in their transnational social space; to explore how this phenomenon is contributing to the socioeconomic development of the respective countries; and to investigate the role of the examined countries’ governments and their policies in supporting this form of entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Serbia, Albania, transnational entrepreneurship, migrant networks, role of state
Depositing User: Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2019 12:40
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 12:40
URI: http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/51

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