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This chapter offers insights into women entrepreneurship in the Republic of Kosovo. The chapter initially provides the historical and demographic overview of Kosovo. The study continues by presenting the current state of women entrepreneurship through the available data. Further government policies for women entrepreneurship promotion followed by the local and international organizations that support women entrepreneurship are discussed. And, in the end, the chapter takes a look at the development of women entrepreneurship in the future.
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Sadiku-Dushi, N., Ramadani, V., Welsh, D.H.B., Palalić, R. (2020). Women’s Entrepreneurship in Kosovo. In: Palalić, R., Knezović, E., Dana, LP. (eds) Women's Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45253-7_4
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