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Fostering productive entrepreneurship in post-conflict economies: the importance of institutional alignment

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  • Nick Williams
  • Tim Vorley

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The aim of this article is to examine the impact of institutional development on entrepreneurship in post-conflict environments. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Kosovar entrepreneurs the article highlights how the experience of fostering entrepreneurship in a post-conflict, new born state is distinct from transition economies. The article finds that Kosovo has not encountered the same institutional challenges which have stymied entrepreneurship in transition economies which have been hampered by ‘path extension’ of institutions. Instead there has been a ‘path break’ resulting in a reshaping of formal and informal institutions as supportive of entrepreneurship. However, while positive, the prevailing nature of much entrepreneurial activity is localized with only a limited impact on economic growth. The article concludes by making a number of contributions to institutional theory and policy.

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  • Nick Williams & Tim Vorley, 2017. "Fostering productive entrepreneurship in post-conflict economies: the importance of institutional alignment," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(5-6), pages 444-466, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:29:y:2017:i:5-6:p:444-466
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2017.1297853
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    1. Williams Nick & Radevic Dragana & Gherhes Cristian & Vorley Tim, 2017. "The nature of corruption affecting entrepreneurship in transition economies: Some lessons from Montenegro," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 12(2), pages 20-34, December.
    2. Pablo Muñoz & Jonathan Kimmitt & Ben Spigel, 2024. "Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(2), pages 607-628, February.
    3. Julita E. Wasilczuk & Katarzyna Stankiewicz, 2022. "It is not OK but it works – unproductive entrepreneurship, the case of Poland," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 2943-2959, December.
    4. Jenni Dinger & Michael Conger & David Hekman & Carla Bustamante, 2020. "Somebody That I Used to Know: The Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Social Identity in Post-disaster Business Communities," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 166(1), pages 115-141, September.
    5. Asma Salman, 2018. "Micro-Finance: A Driver for Entrepreneurship," Chapters, in: Silvio Manuel Da Rocha Brito (ed.), Entrepreneurship - Trends and Challenges, IntechOpen.
    6. Jiyoung Kimjeon & Per Davidsson, 2022. "External Enablers of Entrepreneurship: A Review and Agenda for Accumulation of Strategically Actionable Knowledge," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 46(3), pages 643-687, May.
    7. Samiullah & Abdul Sami & Tooba Ahmad, 2021. "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Performance of SMEs in Pakistan," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(2), pages 192-204.
    8. Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh & Mirela Xheneti & Pekka Stenholm & Robert Blackburn & Friederike Welter & David Urbano, 2024. "The interplay of context and entrepreneurship: the new frontier for contextualisation research," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(2), pages 571-582, February.
    9. Malavika Nair & Martha Njolomole, 2020. "Microfinance, entrepreneurship and institutional quality," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(1), pages 137-148, January.
    10. Aralica Zoran & Svilokos Tonci & Bacic Katarina, 2018. "Institutions and Firms’ Performance in Transition Countries: The Case of Selected Cesee Countries," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 13(1), pages 68-80, June.

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