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Family Businesses in the Trade Sector: An Examination of a Case Study from Kosovo

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In this chapter is presented a successful story of family business from Kosovo. In this chapter are treated topics such as: history of Albi Group, its business entities, development over the years, governance and succession planning.

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    The data about this company are collected by interviewing ALBI GROUP owners.

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Ramadani, V., Gashi, G., Fiti, T., Humolli, B. (2015). Family Businesses in the Trade Sector: An Examination of a Case Study from Kosovo. In: Dana, LP., Ramadani, V. (eds) Family Businesses in Transition Economies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14209-8_16

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