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Women’s Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia

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Women's Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia

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This chapter provides insights into women entrepreneurship in the Republic of North Macedonia. The chapter begins with an overview of North Macedonia and then presents an evidence-based current state of women entrepreneurship. The chapter continues with government and other policies, initiatives, and activities for facilitating women entrepreneurship. In the end, an outlook toward the development of women entrepreneurship in the future is presented.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. South-East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia

    Veland Ramadani

  2. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Esra Memili

  3. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Léo-Paul Dana

  4. International Balkan University, Skopje, North Macedonia

    Visar Ramadani

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  1. Faculty of Business and Administration, International University of Sarajevo, Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Ramo Palalić

  2. Faculty of Business and Administration, International University of Sarajevo, Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Emil Knezović

  3. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Léo-Paul Dana

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Ramadani, V., Memili, E., Dana, LP., Ramadani, V. (2020). Women’s Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia. 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_6

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