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This chapter depicts a glance picture of Bosnian state of entrepreneurship. It begins with a historical overview and establishment of the state. It describes the challenges that Bosnia has faced as well as its current issues. The current state of entrepreneurship, business environment, and problems of entrepreneurs and small business owners are discussed. The chapter concludes suggestions for further development of entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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KDBiH is “klasifikacija djelatnosti u BiH”.
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Available at http://ec.europa.eu
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Available at http://unstats.un.org
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MBS are initials of a lady who wished to display only her initials and who leads the company now. For more information, you can visit http://mibral.ba/
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MB are initials of MBS’s father. He also wished to display his initials only.
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Palalić, R., Bičo, A. (2018). Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Palalić, R., Dana, LP., Ramadani, V. (eds) Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77634-7_2
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