Turkey’s Trade With Western Balkans: Looking Beyond the Turkish Foreign Policy

Jusufi, Gezim; Ukaj, Fatos

doi:10.22598/iele.2021.8.2.7

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“…[53]. Similar variables were also used by Jusufi and Ukaj [54] who applied the gravity model to trade exchanges between Turkey and the Western Balkans. There is applied the gravity model: In the model, country (i) is Western Balkans; country (j) is EU.…”

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Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Western Balkans: Opportunities and Obstacles

Leka¹,

Daku²,

Jusufi³

2022

IJSDP

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Regional cooperation between the countries of the Western Balkans and free trade between this region and the EU is thought to create development opportunities for this region. However, in a region with political challenges and historical problems such as the Western Balkans, it is problematic to achieve these goals as a result of political and historical obstacles. To strengthen regional cooperation, the EU supported the Balkan region with Bilateral Free Trade Agreements, Generalized Trade Preferences, CEFTA 2006 and finally, SAAs. This paper through the Gravity model provides evidence that in the Western Balkans, free trade agreements have had a greater impact on law reform than economic sustainability and trade promotion. Also, unless political and historical disputes are resolved, especially between Kosovo and Serbia, none of the trade agreements can deepen regional cooperation in this ethnically troubled region. So, these are some of the obstacles that hinder the development opportunities of the Western Balkans.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Western Balkans: Opportunities and Obstacles

Leka¹,

Daku²,

Jusufi³

2022

IJSDP

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“…Countries such as the Republic of Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina are among nations whose economies are in the process of transition with some of these countries transition phase in its later stage while the Republic of Kosovo economy is in the earlier phase of its transition as such, they are faced with challenges that are associated with the continues metamorphosis of the macroeconomic nature of their economy (Ukaj, Ramaj & Livoreka, 2020;Jusufi & Ukaj, 2021). Scholars such as have also identified that the country's economy is still in the early stages of its transition while bearing in mind that some other countries have completed or in the tail end of their transition phase as such its essential that entrepreneurs in Kosovo learns from the blue prints of countries that have completed its transition so as to be able to develop a business brand that is capable of competing and most importantly, Thus, creating a platform for contributing towards the growth of the nation Gashi, 2020).…”

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The Role of Innovation and Branding on Enterprise Sales Growth in Transition Countries

Elezaj

Ramaj²,

Elezaj

2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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The aim of the study is to assess the role of innovation and branding on enterprise sales growth in transition countries with Kosovo being the case study for the research. The CEO of 300 business enterprises from diverse business sector were interviewed alongside other staff such as human resource managers, sales and marketing managers, and financial managers. The study revealed that service delivery, technology, business model, branding, and age of entrepreneur were significant factors. The result of the study indicates that innovation and branding have a significantly positive effect on enterprise sales growth. The research concluded by noting that brand awareness must constantly maintained through international product advertising and engaging in promotional activities to raise awareness of the product, so as to have a competitive chance of survival in the local and international market. Technological advancement should be welcomed as it forms the foundation of the initiation of innovation in business enterprises. Received: 14 February 2023 / Accepted: 19 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023

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“…This process is characterized by changes of macroeconomic nature [1,2]. In terms of economic structure, Kosovo does not differ much from Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Kosovo differs in terms of political problems and the transition process [3][4][5]. Historically, Kosovo has always suffered from underdevelopment and economic backwardness.…”

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Impact of Innovation Types on Enterprises Sales Growth: Evidence from Kosovo

Elezaj¹,

Livoreka²

2022

IJSDP

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This paper aims to analyze the impact of the types of innovations in increasing the sales of Kosovo's enterprises. The findings of this paper confirm the hypotheses that organizational innovations, product/process innovations and marketing innovations have a positive impact on increasing the level of sales. This empirical research was conducted with enterprises in Kosovo, so the main limitation of this research is the non-inclusion of enterprises of Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc. The involvement of enterprises from these countries would provide a broader picture of the research issues for transition countries. This empirical research is of particular importance because it studies the impact of types of innovation on increasing the sales level of enterprises in transition countries. Kosovo suffer from weak enterprises sector and underdeveloped entrepreneurship sector. Without the development of an innovative system of the private sector and the entrepreneurial sector, Kosovo cannot overcome the transition process. Therefore, this paper could be a reference point for the government policies of Kosovo, which should support all enterprises in the development of all types of innovations.

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Turkey’s Trade With Western Balkans: Looking Beyond the Turkish Foreign Policy

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Western Balkans: Opportunities and Obstacles

Regional Cooperation and Free Trade Agreements in Western Balkans: Opportunities and Obstacles

The Role of Innovation and Branding on Enterprise Sales Growth in Transition Countries

Impact of Innovation Types on Enterprises Sales Growth: Evidence from Kosovo

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