Overview
- Contains policy suggestions for improving firm capabilities and maximising economic growth
- Offers a practical framework for sustainable development and innovation within industrial firms
- Examines how capabilities and access to resources drives business growth
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Economic development in Western Balkans
- Capability building
- Technology upgrading
- Economic growth rates
- Innovation capabilities
- Firm performance heterogeneity
- Organizational capabilities
- Management capabilities
- Business performance
- Policies for technology upgrading
- Physical and human capacities
- Industrial policies
About this book
This book focuses on Albania, North Macedonia and Kosovo; it explores the industrial policies currently in place in these economies and compares their effects with the situation in Slovenia, which is used as a reference country. It provides a brief introduction to some new industrial policy approaches and proposes a new industrial policy framework that focuses on development of the national innovation system through technology upgrading and increased exploitation of technology to build the foundations for sustainable development. Finally, it provides an empirical analysis of the technological capabilities of the manufacturing firms operating in in Albania, North Macedonia and Kosovo.
It delves into the technical-economic properties of these Western Balkans countries and identifies some strategic options for industrial policy. It emphasizes the need for a form of governance that emphasizes on industrial development and innovation capabilities, which are required for the implementation of these new industrial policies. The analysis draws on the current industrial policy literature and work on developing (catch-up) economies, technological upgrading and innovation studies, which represent current academic thinking in these fields.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Fadil Sahiti is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo. His research interests are in the area of firm capability building and technology upgrading, exploring industrial policy issues that enable or constrain the emergence of innovative firms in less developed economies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Industrial Policies for Technological Upgrading in Western Balkan Countries
Book Subtitle: Economic Growth and Development
Authors: Fadil Sahiti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51429-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51428-9Published: 13 April 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-51431-9Due: 14 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-51429-6Published: 12 April 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 199
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial Organization, Development Economics, Economic Policy