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The book addresses the important theme of which factors enable and constrain firm growth in less-developed economies. The empirical evidence used for the analysis is related to Kosovan firms, but the findings are presented in the wider context of developing economies. However, there are no other published works addressing the specific context of Kosovo. Although Kosovo is a small country, it became headline news due to its centrality in a major war in Europe. Its geopolitical importance and the unresolved nature of the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia, which might very well erupt again, mean that economic development and job creation in Kosovo are issues deserving of more attention than received so far in the current scholarly literature.

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Sahiti, F. (2019). Introduction. In: The Growth of Firms in Less-Developed Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14821-8_1

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