Prof. Dr.

Veland Ramadani

Vice-Rector for Planning, Research & Entrepreneurship at South-East European University (SEEU)

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business

Top 2% Most Cited Researchers Worldwide according to Stanford & Elsevier

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Scientific Papers
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Top 2%Most Cited Authors in the World (Stanford & Elsevier)
Top 50Authors in the World on Family Entrepreneurship Research (Springer)
Top 10Authors in the World on Female Entrepreneurship Research (Scopus)
Top 5Authors in the World on Islamic Entrepreneurship Research
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About

Dr. Veland Ramadani is a distinguished academic whose career bridges rigorous scholarship and global impact — advancing the fields of entrepreneurship, family business, and innovation management at the highest levels of international research.

Currently serving as Vice-Rector for Planning, Research and Entrepreneurship at South-East European University (SEEU) in North Macedonia, Dr. Ramadani has built a truly worldwide scholarly footprint, collaborating with 190+ co-authors across 6 continents and contributing to institutions in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Portugal, the UAE, Italy, and beyond.

His research is recognized by Stanford University and Elsevier as among the most impactful in the world — placing him in the Top 2% of cited scientists globally for six consecutive years. In 2025, he was also included for the first time on the prestigious Career-Long List, which analyses the contributions of scientists from 1788 to 2024.

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Education

Doctoral Degree
Doctor of Science in Economics
Specialty: Entrepreneurship and Management
Thesis: "The role of venture capital to the development of SMEs"

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University — Faculty of Economics, Skopje
Nov 2007 – Apr 2010
Master's Degree
Master of Science in Economics
Specialty: MBA Management
Thesis: "Business angels as informal source of financing SMEs"

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University — Faculty of Economics, Skopje
Oct 2003 – Apr 2007
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
Specialty: Management
Thesis: "Measures to promote entrepreneurship and SMEs in the Republic of Macedonia"

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University — Faculty of Economics, Skopje
Oct 1998 – May 2003
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Career

Sep 2025 – Present
Vice-Rector for Planning, Research & Entrepreneurship
South-East European University — Tetovo, North Macedonia
Feb 2024 – Present
Collaborating Researcher — Innovation & Market Ecosystems (IMEKO)
CETRAD — Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, Portugal
2020 – Present
Full Professor
South-East European University, Faculty of Business and Economics
Sep 2021 – Present
Member, College of Economy, Culture & Environment (Ph.D. Courses)
University of Foggia — Italy
Jul 2022 – Jul 2024
International Research Consultant
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Apr 2022 – Apr 2024
Project Co-Principal Investigator — Emirati Family Business
United Arab Emirates University — Abu Dhabi, UAE
Oct 2020 – Dec 2022
Consultant — Entrepreneurship & Business Management Education
Center of Excellence in Management, Kuwait University — Kuwait
Sep 2015 – Present
Member of University Senate
South-East European University — Tetovo, North Macedonia
2015 – 2020
Associate Professor
South-East European University, Faculty of Business and Economics
Feb 2013 – Feb 2017
Visiting Professor — Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance
AAB College, Faculty of Economics — Prishtina, Kosovo
2010 – 2015
Assistant Professor
South-East European University, Faculty of Business and Economics
Sep 2010 – Feb 2013
Visiting Professor — Entrepreneurship, Science & Technology
Universum College, Business & Management Department — Prishtina, Kosovo
Sep 2018 – Jan 2019
Consultant for Entrepreneurship Education
Ecolog International — Dubai, UAE
2008 – 2010
Teaching Assistant
South-East European University, Faculty of Business and Economics
2003 – 2008
Teaching Junior Assistant
South-East European University, Faculty of Business and Economics
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Publications

Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Family Firms: Perspectives on Emerging Economies
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Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Family Firms: Perspectives on Emerging Economies

Emerald Publishing Limited

Navigating Economic Uncertainty — Vol. 2: Proceedings of the 7th ISCBE
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Proceedings

Navigating Economic Uncertainty — Vol. 2: Proceedings of the 7th ISCBE

Springer

Navigating Economic Uncertainty — Vol. 1: Proceedings of the 7th ISCBE
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Proceedings

Navigating Economic Uncertainty — Vol. 1: Proceedings of the 7th ISCBE

Springer

Strategic Islamic Business and Management: Solutions for Sustainability
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Strategic Islamic Business and Management: Solutions for Sustainability

Springer

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104 Articles: SSCI/ESCI — Impact Factor Indexed Journals
1.VELAND RAMADANI, BARIS ARMUTCU, AHMET TAN, MEHMET AYTEKIN and SADUDIN IBRAIMI. (2026). "Uncovering barriers to older adults' adoption of wearable AI-enabled devices: The moderating and mediating role of health consciousness and attitude". Technovation, Under Review IF: 10.9.
2.BARIS ARMUTCU, VELAND RAMADANI, MATHEW HUGHES and Metin Sürme (2026). "Motivational and Attitudinal Drivers of Eco-Friendly Consumption Intention: Integrating Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior ", Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, Under Review IF: 4.2.
3.HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, VELAND RAMADANI, CRISTINA FERNANDES, LEJLA ABAZI-BEXHETI and BESA ARIFI (2026). "University--Industry Collaboration and Innovation Performance: Insights from the Quadruple Helix Perspective". Triple Helix Journal, Under review IF: 2.3.
4.SULTANAH M ALSUDAYS, WASSIM ALOULOU and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). Unpacking psychological mechanisms linking perceived organizational support to innovative behavior: Insights from Saudi financial sector employees. Strategic Change, Under Review IF: 4.0.
5.SANDRA SANTOS, PEDRO GASPAR, JOÃO CARVALHO, VELAND RAMADANI and MARCO VALERI (2026). "Social capital in the social economy: A systematic review". EuroMed Journal of Business, Under Review IF: 3.9.
6.BARIŞ ARMUTCU, VELAND RAMADANI, ATINÇ OLCAY and CHRISTINA THEODORAKI (2026). "The effect of brand personality, self-congruity, and functional benefit on repurchase intention: The role of brand experience and preference". Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy. Under review IF: 3.0.
7.VELAND RAMADANI, MOHAMMAD ATIQUL BASHER, MIZANUR RAHMAN and FAZLA MOHIUDDIN (2026). "Artificial intelligence drivers for business education: A systematic review using ADO framework". Education+Training, Under review IF: 3.2.
8.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, VELAND RAMADANI and HERU KURNIANTO TJAHJONO (2026). "Assessing the Drivers of MSME Export Capability: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation". Review of International Business and Strategy, Accepted paper/published online IF: 3.3.
9.NAFIZUR RAHMAN, MIZANUR RAHMAN, VELAND RAMADANI, JANNATUL FERDAOUS and ABU BAKKAR SIDDIK (2026). "Industry 4.0 technologies, proactive environmental strategies, circular economy practices, and green innovation as the predictors of corporate environmental performance". Sustainable Development, Accepted paper/published online IF: 8.2.
10.VELAND RAMADANI, AHMET KAMACI, MEHMET BAĞIŞ, MEHMET AKIF PEÇE and ZAFER ADIGÜZEL (2026). "The roles of macroeconomic indicators on renewable energy and carbon emissions: a comparison of developed and developing countries". Management of Environmental Quality, Accepted paper/published online IF: 4.6.
11.VELAND RAMADANI, ALEX RODRIGUES, CARLA S. MARQUES and ANDERSON REI GALVÃO (2026). "Artisan entrepreneurship revisited: Toward a contemporary conceptual framework". Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Accepted paper/published online IF: 2.5.
12.GUIMARÃES JAIANDRA DA SILVA, CRISTINA FERNANDES, PEDRO MOTA VEIGA and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "Digital transformation influenced by systemic entrepreneurship: the moderating effects of level of economic development". Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Accepted paper/published online IF: 2.5.
13.EZZEDDINE BEN MOHAMED, VELAND RAMADANI, ELHEM BEN FATMA, SOUHIR ELLEUCH and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2026) "A new lens on opportunity recognition: The impact of dispositional optimism and human capital". The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Accepted paper/published online IF: 2.2
14.VELAND RAMADANI, BARIS ARMUTCU and AHMET TAN (2026). "Understanding the critical antecedents of employee-service robot collaboration: An investigation with the protection motivation theory", The Bottom Line, Accepted paper/published online IF: 7.3.
15.CRISTINA FERNANDES, PEDRO MOTA VEIGA and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "Knowledge spillovers and organisational resilience: The digital capabilities moderating effect on MSMEs innovation orientation in service sector". Strategic Change, Accepted paper/published online IF: 4.0.
16.WASSIM J. ALOULOU, KHODOR SHATILA and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "The impact of empowerment on women entrepreneurial intention in Lebanon: The mediating effect of work-life balance". FIIB Business Review, Accepted paper/published online IF: 2.8.
17.SAFIYA ALSHIBANI, WASSIM J. ALOULOU and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "New-venture gestation processes amid Covid-19 pandemic: Antecedents of Saudi female nascent entrepreneurs", Business Process Management Journal, Accepted paper/published online IF: 5.8.
18.JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT, SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI and VIVEK AGRAWAL (2026). "Comparing male and female entrepreneurs - Is the comparison justified? A qualitative study in Indian perspective", FIIB Business Review, Accepted paper/published online IF: 2.8.
19.BLESSING TAFIRENYIKA, ERISHER WOYO, ANDREAS KALLMUENZER, and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "Navigating foreignness: migrant entrepreneurship in the shadow of xenophobia and Afrophobia". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Accepted paper/published online IF: 0.7.
20.CRISTINA I. FERNANDES, PEDRO M. VEIGA and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "Entrepreneurship as a transition to the circular economy", Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol. 27 (October), pp. 24491--24503 IF: 4.2.
21.VJOSË LATIFI, GADAF REXHEPI, VELAND RAMADANI, AGRON HAJDARI and ILIRIANA MIFTARI (2025). "The effects of perceived organizational justice on ethical behavior in work environments", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp.559--571 IF: 0.7.
22.VELAND RAMADANI, BARIŞ ARMUTCU, NAIL RESHIDI, AHMET TAN and ERCAN INCE (2025). "Antecedents of electric vehicle purchasing behaviour: Evidence from Türkiye", Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, Vol.34, No.2, pp.456--472 IF: 4.2.
23.SAFIYA M. ALSHIBANI, LIUDMILA TARABASHKINA, NOEL LINDSAY, GERARD ANTHONY REED and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "From creation to growth: Examining agile and business planning for sustained ventures". International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 2230-2248 IF: 4.7.
24.SAFIYA M. ALSHIBANI, ATIYA BUKHARI, VELAND RAMADANI and MATHEW HUGHES (2025). "The entrepreneurial intention-action relationships among young entrepreneurs: A taxonomy-based perspective", Entrepreneurship Research Journal, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 155-180 IF: 2.3.
25.BRUNILDA KOSTA and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). The impact of circular economy practices on firm performance: evidence from the Western Balkans. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 966-990 IF: 2.5.
26.HAMZA SMAJIĆ, RAMO PALALIĆ, IRFAN BUTT, NISAR AHMED and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "Socioemotional wealth and family firms performance: A framework and future pathways", Review of Managerial Science, Vol.19, No.4, pp,1257--1296 IF: 9.6.
27.CRISTINA FERNANDES, JOÃO FERREIRA, PEDRO MOTA VEIGA, HUSSAIN RAMMAL and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "Dynamic capabilities and international performance: A meta-analytic regression analysis". European Journal of International Management, Vol. 25, Nos. 3/4, pp.441--482. IF: 1.7.
28.JOSÉ MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ-YÁÑEZ, BEATRIZ FORÉS, ANDREAS KALLMUENZER and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "If you can start a journey, you\'re halfway there: on how the literature on the study of territorial agglomerations and sustainability has co-evolved", The Annals of Regional Science, Vol.74, No.1, Article 11 IF: 2.2.
29.MARIA P. CORREIA, CARLA S. MARQUES, RUI SILVA and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Academic entrepreneurship ecosystems: Systematic literature review and future research directions", Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Vol.15, No.4, 17498--17528 IF: 4.0.
30.BARIS ARMUTCU, VELAND RAMADANI, AHMET TAN and ANDREA APPOLLONI (2024). \"Understanding the role of consumers for a sustainable future: Empirical evidence from a three-stage hybrid analysis incorporating bibliometrics, PLS-SEM, and ANN\", Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol.34, No.2, pp.2065-2087 IF: 12.5.
31.JAIANDRA DA SILVA GUIMARÃES, CRISTINA I. FERNANDES, PEDRO MOTA VEIGA and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "The relationship between entrepreneurial ecosystems and digital transformation". FIIB Business Review, Vol.14, No.1, pp.28-42 IF: 2.5.
32.ALEX OLIVIER ALVES RODRIGUES, CARLA S. MARQUES and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Artisan entrepreneurship, resilience, and sustainable development: The quintuple helix innovation model in the low-density and cross-border territories", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 1603-1626 IF: 7.4.
33.KHAULA ALKAABI, VELAND RAMADANI and JUSUF ZEQIRI (2024). "Universities, entrepreneurial ecosystem, and family business performance: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates", Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Vol.15, No.2, pp.5511--5538 IF: 4.0.
34.YAVUZ TORAMAN, MEHMET BAYIRLI and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "New technologies in small business models: Use of electric vehicles in last-mile delivery for fast-moving consumer goods". Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 515-531 IF: 2.9.
35.VELAND RAMADANI, KHAULA ALKAABI, and JUSUF ZEQIRI (2024).\"Entrepreneurial mindset and family business performance: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates\". Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 682-700 IF: 2.4.
36.HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, IRAJ HASHI, GADAF REXHEPI, VELAND RAMADANI and ANDREAS KALLMUENZER (2024). "Unravelling the open innovation and firm performance relationships in the CEE and SEE countries", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 1224-1248 IF: 5.5.
37.AGRON HAJDARI, ILIRIANA MIFTARI, VELAND RAMADANI, GADAF REXHEPI and VJOSË LATIFI (2024). "Impact of returnee entrepreneurs' education and knowledge transfer on business development: Moderating effect of time living abroad", Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 559-575 IF: 2.4.
38.ALBANË GASHI, BESNIK KRASNIQI, VELAND RAMADANI and GENTRIT BERISHA (2024). "Evaluating the impact of individual and country-level institutional factors on subjective well-being among entrepreneurs", Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, Vol. 9, No. 2, 100486 IF: 18.1.
39.ANIKA TOTOJANI and VELAND RAMDANI (2024). "Grain chain management and development: Evidence from Agri-SMEs in Kosovo", European Business Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 430-446 IF: 4.2.
40.BARIŞ ARMUTCU, VELAND RAMADANI, JUSUF ZEQIRI, and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2024). "The role of social media in consumers' intentions to buy green food: Evidence from Türkiye", British Food Journal, Vol. 126, No. 5, pp. 1923-1940 IF: 3.3.
41.FLORINDA ZEGULLAJ, VELAND RAMADANI, GADAF REXHEPI and SADUDIN IBRAIMI (2024). "Entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial performance of female-owned enterprises: the mediating role of personal wealth", Services and Technology and Management, Vol. 29, Nos. 2/3/4, pp.296--314. IF: 0.6.
42.WASSIM J. ALOULOU, FAOUZI AYADI, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2024). Dreaming digital or chasing new real pathways? Unveiling the determinants shaping Saudi youth digital entrepreneurial intentions", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 30, No. 2/3, pp. 709-734. IF: 5.5.
43.ALEX OLIVIER ALVES RODRIGUES, CARLA S. MARQUES and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Artisan entrepreneurship: Influence and network in the development of sustainable strategies in cross-border low-density territories through a Quintuple Helix Paradigm", Review of International Business and Strategy, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 1-23 IF: 3.1.
44.LIRIDON KRYEZIU, NURULLAH KURUTKAN, BESNIK KRASNIQI, VELAND RAMADANI, VJOSË HAJRULLAHU-MUSTAFA and ARTAN HAZIRI (2023). "Cognitive styles and dynamic management capabilities: Implications for SMEs in a transition economy. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 200-231 IF: 5.5.
45.ASDREN TOSKA, JUSUF ZEQIRI, VELAND RAMADANI and SAMUEL RIBEIRO-NAVARRETE (2023). "Covid-19 and consumers\' online purchase intention among an older-aged group of Kosovo". International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vo.18, No.12, pp.5921-5939 IF: 2.7.
46.JULIANA R. BALTAZAR, CRISTINA FERNANDES, VELAND RAMADANI and MATHEW HUGHES (2023). "Family business succession and innovation: A systematic literature review", Review of Managerial Science, Vol.17, No.8, pp.2897--2920 IF: 5.5.
47.MEHMET BAĞIŞ, LİRİDON KRYEZIU, MEHMET NURULLAH KURUTKAN and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "Women entrepreneurship in family business: Dominant topics and future research trends". Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 687-713. IF: 2.7.
48.VELAND RAMADANI, ARTA ISTREFI-JAHJA, JUSUF ZEQIRI and DOMINGO RIBEIRO-SORIANO (2023). \"Covid‐19 and SMEs digital transformation\", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol.70, No.8, pp. 2864-2873 IF: 5.8.
49.VETON JAHMURATAJ, VELAND RAMADANI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, GADAF REXHEPI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI and BESNIK A. KRASNIQI (2023). "Unveiling the determining factors of family business longevity: Evidence from Kosovo", Journal of Business Research, Vol.159, April, 113745 IF: 11.3.
50.NIZAR ALAM HAMDANI, VELAND RAMADANI, GRISNA ANGGADWITA, GHINA SULTHANAH MAULIDA, RASIM ZUFERI and ADNANE MAALAOUI (2023). "Gender stereotype perception, perceived social support, and self-efficacy in increasing women\'s entrepreneurial intentions", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1290-1313 IF: 5.5.
51.WASSIM J. ALOULOU, EIDAH A. ALGARNI, VELAND RAMADANI and MATHEW HUGHES (2023). "Passionate to be a social entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia: A moderated mediation analysis of social entrepreneurial intention", Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, Vol.32, No.2, pp.698-712 IF: 2.1.
52.WASSIM J. ALOULOU, AMINA AMARI, VELAND RAMADANI and ABEER ABDULRAHMAN ALBOQAMI (2023). "Saudi teleworkers and determinant factors of their work-life balance and satisfaction: Testing a sequential mediation model", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol.188, March, 122312 IF: 12.0.
53.JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT, SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI, and VIVEK AGRAWAL (2023). "Assessing the factors of sustainable entrepreneurial attitude in context of educational institutions: AHP and DEMATEL approach", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 506-529 IF: 5.5.
54.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, VELAND RAMADANI and SAMUEL RIBEIRO-NAVARRETE (2023). "From minus to hero: Identifying successful entrepreneurial factors using semantic network analysis of YouTube content", Transformations in Business & Economics, Vol.22, No.1, pp.165-183 IF: 1.824.
55.VELAND RAMADANI, SUCHETA AGARWAL, ANDREA CAPUTO, JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT, and VIVEK AGRAWAL (2022). "Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy", Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol.31, No.7, pp. 3437-3453 IF: 13.4.
56.SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI, VIVEK AGRAWAL and JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT (2023). "Investigation and assessment of entrepreneurial learning factors from the experts' perspective: A DEMATEL Approach". Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 127-149 IF: 1.9.
57.RAMO PALALIĆ, GOLAM MOSTAFA KHAN, VELAND RAMADANI, SALEM AL ABRI and HAMZA SMAJIĆ (2023). "Mediation effect of organisational leadership on internal business environment and organisational commitment: Insights from Oman", Middle East Journal of Management, Vol.10 No. 2, pp.203--224 IF: 1.3.
58.RAMO PALALIĆ, BENJAMIN DURAKOVIC, VELAND RAMADANI and JOÃO FERREIRA (2023). "Human capital and youth migration in the 'new normal'", Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol.65, No.1, pp.49-63 IF: 2.2.
59.ASDREN TOSKA, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, GADAF REXHEPI and JUSUF ZEQIRI (2022). "Family business successors' motivation and innovation capabilities: The case of Kosovo". Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 1152-1166 IF: 2.7.
60.MEGHNA CHHABRA, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and MONIKA AGARWAL (2022). "A retrospective overview of Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy from 2007 to 2021 using a bibliometric analysis", Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1033-1059 IF: 2.4
61.MEHMET BAĞIŞ, LIRIDON KRYEZIU, YILMAZ AKBABA, VELAND RAMADANI, ENSAR SELMAN KARAGÜZEL and BESNIK A. KRASNIQI (2022). "The micro-foundations of a dynamic technological capability in the automotive industry", Technology in Society, Vol. 70, August, pp.102060. IF: 9.2.
62.ERICK P.C. CHANG, SINA ZARE and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "How a larger family business is different from a non-family one?", Journal of Business Research, Vol.139, No.2, pp.292-302 IF: 10.9.
63.VELAND RAMADANI, MIZANUR RAHMAN, AIDIN SALAMZADEH, SAIDUR RAHAMAN and HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI (2022). "Entrepreneurship education and graduates\' entrepreneurial intentions: does gender matter? A multi-group analysis using AMOS", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol. 180, July, pp. 121693 IF: 12.0.
64.DIANNE H.B. WELSH, DALIA OTHMAN, BAKER ALSERHAN, JUSUF ZEQIRI AMRO AL-MADADHA and VELAND RAMADANI, (2022). "The impact of the international crisis on the entrepreneurial intentions of refugees", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 720-740 IF: 5.5.
65.JUSUF ZEQIRI, BAKER ALSERHAN, KIMBERLY GLEASON and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "De-secularization, social identity, and intention to purchase religious artifacts", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol.177, April, pp. 121522 IF: 12.0.
66.HALIL ZAIM, VELAND RAMADANI, SAIT REVDA DINIBUTUN, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI and DINA SAID (2022). "Knowledge management and human resources performance: Evidence from Turkish family businesses", Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 185-199 IF: 2.7.
67.LEONITA BRAHA-VOKSHI, GADAF REXHEPI, VELAND RAMADANI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI and ARSHIAN SHARIF (2022). "The impact of multinational companies on inequality in Western Balkan countries", Review of International Business and Strategy, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2022 pp. 305-323 IF: 3.1.
68.KHAULA ALKAABI and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "A framework for the university performance assessment: Some insights on innovation, technology and entrepreneurship", International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp.264--285 IF: 1.5.
69.VJOSË LATIFI, VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2022). "Women minority-entrepreneurs: motivational factors and challenges", Strategic Change, Vol.31, No.2, pp.219--225 IF: 2.8.
70.DIANNE H.B. WELSH, EUGENE KACIAK, IZABELA KOLADKIEWICZ, ESRA MEMILI, LAKSHMI IYER and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "The impact of networks on value co-creation for women-owned businesses", European Journal of International Management, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 473-498 IF: 2.507.
71.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, LEO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and REZA YANUAR RAMADAN (2021). "Empowering Islamic boarding schools by applying the humane entrepreneurship approach: The case of Indonesia", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 1580-1604 IF: 5.5.
72.EROL TEKIN, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2021). "Entrepreneurship in Turkey and other Balkan countries: Are there opportunities for a mutual cooperation through internationalisation?", Review of International Business and Strategy, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 297-314 IF: 3.1.
73.ARTA EJUPI-IBRAHIMI, VELAND RAMADANI and DIELLZA EJUPI (2021). "Family businesses in North Macedonia: Evidence on the second-generation motivation and entrepreneurial mindset", Journal of Family Business Management, Vol.11, No. 3, pp.286-299 IF: 2.7.
74.AMIR EMAMI, PETER G. KLEIN, VELAND RAMADANI and ROBERT D. HISRICH (2021). "The Interplay between empathy, learning, and opportunity in the process of entrepreneurial value co-creation". European Journal of International Management, Vol.16 No.3, pp. 408-426 IF: 2.5.
75.RAMO PALALIĆ, SYEDDA MARIAM GILANI, VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2021). "Social media and consumer buying behaviour decision: What entrepreneurs should know?", Management Decision, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1249-1270. IF: 4.6.
76.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, VELAND RAMADANI, ANGGRAENI PERMATASARI and DINI TURIPANAM ALAMANDA (2021). "Key determinants of women\'s entrepreneurial intention in encouraging social empowerment". Service Business, Vol.15, No.2, 309-334 IF: 5.9.
77.LÉO-PAUL DANA, CALIN GURAU, FRANK HOY, VELAND RAMADANI and TODD ALEXANDER (2021). "Success factors and challenges of grassroots innovations: Learning from failure", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol.164, No.3, pp.119600 IF: 12.0.
78.RAMO PALALIC, VELAND RAMADANI, DIANNE H.B. WELSH, ALINA DIZDAREVIĆ and ARNELA ÐILOVIĆ (2021). "Impact of networking and business environment on student leadership styles", International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol.17, No.1, 447--475 IF: 5.6.
79.BONNIE F. CANZIANI, DIANNE H.B. WELSH, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2020). "Claiming a family brand identity: The semiotics of website storytelling", Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol.37, No.1, pp.68-81 IF: 2.2.
80.BONNIE F. CANZIANI, DIANNE H.B. WELSH and VELAND RAMADANI (2020). "Selling in Spanish and/or English: A study of Hispanic direct sellers", Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol.62, No.6, pp.707-720 IF: 2.2.
81.SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI, VIVEK AGRAWAL and JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT (2020). "Inclusivity of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial attitude among young community: Evidence from India". Journal of Enterprising Communities, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 299-319 IF: 2.4.
82.SITI HASNAH HASSAN, JUSUF ZEQIRI, VELAND RAMADANI, TEO SHAO ZHEN, NIK HADIAN NIK AZMAN and IMRAN MAHMUD (2020). "Individual factors, facilitating conditions and career success: insights from Malaysian female entrepreneurs", Journal of Enterprising Culture, Vol.28, No. 4, 375--400 IF: 0.8.
83.VELAND RAMADANI, ANDRIANANTENAINA HAJANIRINA and ANGGRAENI PERMATASARI (2020), Cross-cultural and entrepreneurial strategies towards new family business performance: An Asian context/Guest editorial, Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 277-279 IF: 2.7.
84.VELAND RAMADANI, ROBERT D. HISRICH, LÉO-PAUL DANA, RAMO PALALIĆ and LAXMAN PANTHI (2019). "Beekeeping as a family artisan entrepreneurship business". International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, Vol.24, April, pp. 717-730 IF: 5.5.
85.NORA SADIKU-DUSHI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2019). "Entrepreneurial marketing dimensions and SME performance", Journal of Business Research, Vol.100, No.7, pp.86-99 IF: 11.3.
86.VELAND RAMADANI, ROBERT D. HISRICH, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, LAXMAN PANTHI and LEJLA ABAZI-BEXHETI (2019). "Product innovation and firm performance in transition economies: A multi-stage estimation approach", Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol.140, March, pp.271-280 IF: 12.0.
87.ALI DAVARI, AMIR EMAMI, VELAND RAMADANI and SAHAR TAHERKHANI (2019). "Factors influencing academic entrepreneurship: A case-based study". Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 284-295 IF: 2.9.
88.JEAN PAOLO LACAP, HENDRATI DWI MULYANINGSIH and VELAND RAMADANI (2018). "The mediating effects of social entrepreneurial antecedents on the relationship between prior experience and social entrepreneurial intent: The case of Filipino and Indonesian university students". Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 329-346 IF: 2.9.
89.VELAND RAMADANI, DONIKA ZENDELI, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2018). "Impact of geomarketing and location determinants on business development and decision making". Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp.98-120 IF: 2.9.
90.VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA, NORA SADIKU-DUSHI, VANESSA RATTEN and DIANNE WELSH (2018), Decision-making challenges of women entrepreneurship in family business succession process, Journal of Enterprising Culture, Vol.25, No.4, pp.411-439 IF: 0.8.
91.VELAND RAMADANI, ROBERT D. HISRICH, GRISNA ANGGADWITA and DINI TURIPANAM ALAMANDA (2017). "Gender and succession planning: Opportunities for females to lead Indonesian family businesses". International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. Vol.9, No.3, pp.229-251 IF: 3.2.
92.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, FRANK HOY and JOAO FERREIRA (2017). "Family entrepreneurship and internationalization strategies". Review of International Business and Strategy, Vol.27, No.2, pp.150-160 IF: 3.1.
93.RAMO PALALIĆ, VELAND RAMADANI, ARNELA ĐILOVIĆ, ALINA DIZDAREVIĆ and VANESSA RATTEN (2017). "Entrepreneurial intentions of university students: A case-based study". Journal of Enterprising Communities, Vol.11, No.3, pp.393 -- 413 IF: 2.4.
94.GADAF REXHAPI, VELAND RAMADANI, AMIR RAHDARI and GRISNA ANGGADWITA (2017). "Models and strategies of family businesses internationalization: A conceptual framework and future research directions". Review of International Business and Strategy. Vol.27, No.2, pp.248-260 IF: 3.1.
95.VELAND RAMADANI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, GADAF REXHEPI, VANESSA RATTEN and SADUDIN IBRAIMI (2017). "Succession issues in Albanian family businesses: Exploratory research". Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol.19, No.3, pp. 294 -- 312 (0.8).
96.RAMO PALALIĆ, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2017). "Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina: focus on gender", European Business Review, Vol. 29, No.4, pp.476-496 IF: 4.2
97.VELAND RAMADANI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, GADAF REXHEPI and SADUDIN IBRAIMI (2017). "The impact of knowledge spillovers and innovation on firm-performance: Findings from the Balkans countries". International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol.13, No.1, pp.299--325 IF: 5.6.
98.SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI, VELAND RAMADANI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VANESSA RATTEN (2017). ICT, innovation and firm performance: The transition economies context. Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol.59, No.1, pp.93-102 IF: 2.2.
99.ROBERT D. HISRICH, SAŠA PETKOVIČ, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2016), \"Venture capital funds in transition countries: Insights from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia\", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol.23 No.2, pp.296 -- 315 IF: 4.6.
100.VELAND RAMADANI, GADAF REXHEPI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, BERSANT BEQIRI, ABDULLAH THAÇI (2015). A look at female entrepreneurship in Kosovo: An exploratory study, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol.9, No. 3, pp. 277 -- 294 IF: 2.4. [BEST PAPER AWARD]{.underline}
101.VELAND RAMADANI (2015), "The woman entrepreneur in Albania: An exploratory study on motivation, problems and success factors", Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol.17, No. 2, pp.204-221 IF: 0.8.
102.VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI, GADAF REXHEPI and SELAJDIN ABDULI (2013), "Innovation and economic development: The case of FYR of Macedonia", Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol.15, No. 3, pp. 325-346 IF: 0.8.
103.VELAND RAMADANI (2013), "Entrepreneurship and small business in > the Republic of Macedonia", Strategic Change: Briefings in > Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol.22 No. 7/8, pp. 485-502 IF: 2.8.
104.VELAND RAMADANI (2009). "Business angels: Who they really are?, > Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol.18, > No. 7/8, pp.249-258 IF: 2.8 ***
36 Articles: Scopus & ESCI — No Impact Factor
1.MODI ALMAIMAN, CHARBEL SALLOUM, VELAND RAMADANI, BEN MOHAMED EZZEDDINE, and LEO-PAUL DANA (2026). "Institutional dynamics and governance structures in shaping CSR, social entrepreneurship, and private equity investment". Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. Accepted paper/published online.
2.YLLKA POTERI AVDIU, LEKË PULA and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "The impact of ICT adoption on startup growth: Exploring performance, education, and sectoral dynamics in an emerging economy", International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship, Vol.5, No. 4, pp.377--393.
3.HEROLINDA MURATI-LEKA and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "Exploring the role of innovation ecosystem actors in shaping new product development and firm innovation performance". International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship, Vol.5, No.3, pp.276--305.
4.RAMO PALALIĆ, LEO-PAUL DANA, AIDIN SALAMZADEH, VELAND RAMADANI and CHARBEL SALLOUM (2024). "Women's entrepreneurship in family business: Research methodology revisited". Management & Prospective, Vol.41, No.5, pp.103-114.
5.VALBONA ARIFI, VELAND RAMADANI and RASIM ZUFERI (2024). "SMEs and viral marketing practices: Cases from North Macedonia". International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship, Vol.5, No.2, pp.137--151.
6.BESNIK AVDIAJ, GENTRIT BERISHA, BESNIK KRASNIQI and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Why startups fail in an emerging economy: perspectives from startup incubators in Kosovo", International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.168--192.
7.KHODOR SHATILA, ALBA YELA ARÁNEGA and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Impact of digitalization and innovation in women\'s entrepreneurial orientation on sustainable start-up intention". Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship, Vol.3, No.3, 100078.
8.FITORE JASHARI-MANI, JUSUF ZEQIRI, VELAND RAMADANI, WASSIM J. ALOULOU and FAOUZI AYADI (2024). \"Customer engagement in online brand communities and value co-creation: The Balkan countries perspectives\". International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, Vol. 8, No.1, pp.91--113.
9.JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT, DIANNE H.B. WELSH, SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI and VIVEK AGRAWAL (2024). "The role of educational institutions in combating educational unemployment and developing future entrepreneurs: Insights from Indian experts", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.51, No.2, pp.137-160.
10.FRANK MULLINS, PANKAJ C. PATEL, ESRA MEMILI, and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "High-performance work practices and labour productivity: the contingent effect of family governance", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp.433--458.
11.OMER YAZICI, ESRA MEMILI, PANKAJ C. PATEL and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "The determinants of non-family employees' turnover intentions in family firms\", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp.577--604.
12.JUSUF ZEQIRI, VELAND RAMADANI and WASSIM J. ALOULOU (2023). "The effect of perceived convenience and perceived value on intention to repurchase in online shopping: the mediating effect of e-WOM and trust", Economic Research -- Ekonomski istraživanja, Vol.36 No.3, 2153721.
13.ROBERT V. RANDOLPH, HANQING "CHEVY" FANG, ESRA MEMILI, VELAND RAMADANI and DILEK ZAMANTILI NAYIR (2023). "The role of strategic motivations and mutual dependence on partner selection in SME coopetition", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 48, No.3, pp. 273-295.
14.RAED KHAMIS ALHARBI, SOFRI BIN YAHYA and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "Financial literacy, access to finance, SMEs performance and Islamic religiosity: Evidence from Saudi Arabia". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.46, No.2, pp.259 - 285.
15.RAMO PALALIĆ, ROBERT D. HISRICH, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "Sustainability of global and international business operations during the adversity and hardship", Heritage and Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.18-26.
16.SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA, VIVEK AGRAWAL and JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT (2022). "Assessment of the significance of factors affecting the growth of women entrepreneurs: Study based on experience categorization", Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Vol.14, No.1, pp. 111-136.
17.NADIRE RAMADANI and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "Rural entrepreneurship challenges and development: The case of Albanian women entrepreneurs in North Macedonia", World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol.17, No.4, pp.531-557.
18.PRAMESHWARA ANGGAHEGARI, GATOT YUDOKO, BAMBANG RUDITO, HENDRATI DWI MULYANINGSIH and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "Female social entrepreneurship in Indonesia: A critical literature review", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.43, No.3, pp.315-321.
19.BESNIK FETAI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, LIZA ALILI-SULEJMANI and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "Does fiscal policy accelerate economic growth in transition economies: The case of Republic of North Macedonia?", International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, Vol.7, No.1, pp.87--97.
20.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, DINI TURIPANAM ALAMANDA, LUAN ESHTREFI, VELAND RAMADANI and ANGGRAENI PERMATASARI (2020). "Social characters as predictors of sociopreneurs\' motivation". World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol.16, No.4, pp.445-461.
21.VELAND RAMADANI, GRISNA ANGGADWITA, DIANNE H.B. WELSH and ANGGRAENI PERMATASARI (2020). "Social innovation in public sector services". International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp.416--433.
22.AMIR EMAMI, DIANNE H.B. WELSH, VELAND RAMADANI and ALI DAVARI (2020). "The impact of judgment and framing on entrepreneurs\' decision making", Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol.32, No.1, pp.79-100.
23.ARBANA KADRIU, LEJLA ABAZI-BEXHETI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI and VELAND RAMADANI (2020). "Investigating trends in learning programming using YouTube tutorials", International Journal of Learning and Change, Vol.12, No.2, pp.190-‌208.
24.GADAF REXHEPI, VELAND RAMADANI and VANESSA RATTEN (2018). "TQM techniques as an innovative approach in sport organisations management: toward a conceptual framework", International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.18--30.
25.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, VELAND RAMADANI, DINI TURIPANAM ALAMANDA, VANESSA RATTEN and MEDAIN HASHANI (2017), "Entrepreneurial intention from Islamic perspective: A study of Muslim entrepreneurs in Indonesia". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.31, No. 2, pp.165-179.
26.VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2017). "Global marketing, gender and family business in Asia: A literature review". Journal of Global Marketing, Vol.30, No.3, pp.138-146.
27.VANESSA RATTEN, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2017). "Internationalisation of family business groups in transition economies". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol.30, No.4, pp.509-525.
28.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, VELAND RAMADANI, BACHRUDDIN LUTURLEAN and VANESSA RATTEN (2017). "Socio-cultural environments and emerging economy entrepreneurship: Women entrepreneurs in Indonesia". Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Vol.9, No.1, pp.85 - 96.
29.HYRIJE ABAZI -- ALILI, VELAND RAMADANI, VANESSA RATTEN, BLERTA ABAZI -- ÇAUSHI and GADAF REXHEPI (2016). "Encouragement factors of social entrepreneurial activities in Europe". International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, Vol.11, No.4, pp.225-239.
30.VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VANESSA RATTEN and SADUSH TAHIRI (2015), "The context of Islamic entrepreneurship and business: Concept, principles and perspectives", International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol.15, No.3, pp.244-261.
31.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, HENDRATI DWI MULYANINGSIH, VELAND RAMADANI and YAHYA ARWIYAH (2015), "Women entrepreneurship in Islamic perspective: Driver for social change", International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol.15, No.3, pp.389-404.
32.VEDAT ZULFIU, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2015). Muslim entrepreneurs in secular Turkey: Distributors as a source of innovation in a supply chain, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.26, No.1, pp.78-95.
33.VELAND RAMADANI, ROBERT D. HISRICH and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2015), "Female entrepreneurs in transition economies: Insights from Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo", World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol.11, No.4, pp. 391--413.
34.VELAND RAMADANI, GADAF REXHEPI, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI, SADUDIN IBRAIMI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2014). "Ethnic entrepreneurship in Macedonia: The case of Albanian entrepreneurs", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.2, No. 3, pp. 313-335.
35.VELAND RAMADANI, AMIR DEMIRI and SAMIJE SAITI-DEMIRI (2014). "Social media channels: The factors that influence the behavioral intention of customers", International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol.12, No. 3, pp. 297-314.
36.VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GËRGURI, LÉO DANA and TATJANA TAŠAMINOVA (2013). "Women entrepreneurs in the Republic of Macedonia: Waiting for directions", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 95-121. ***
28 Articles: Other Journals
1.BESNIK KRASNIQI, AGRON HAJDARI and VELAND RAMADANI (2025) "Bridging the gap between returnee entrepreneurs and firm performance in Kosovo: The mediating role of knowledge transfer". Migration and Development, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.175-192.
2.LUTFIJE ADEMI, VELAND RAMADANI and JUSUF ZEQIRI (2025). "Beyond recognition: The foundation of the next generation of ai-driven facial technologies and the marketing perspective". ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion, Vol.11 No.1, pp. 1-15.
3.LUTFIJE ADEMI, VELAND RAMADANI, SADUDIN IBRAIMI and SUHEJLA IDRIZI (2025). "Factors affecting young people\'s intentions to engage in digital entrepreneurship: An analysis employing the theory of planned behavior ". International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.83--105.
4.VELAND RAMADANI, FITORE JASHARI, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and RAMO PALALIĆ (2021). Digital entrepreneurship intentions: evidence from Kosovo, International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp.399--417.
5.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, DINI TURIPANAM ALAMANDA and VELAND RAMADANI (2019). "Halal Label vs Product Quality in Halal Cosmetic Purchasing Decisions", Ikonomika: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam, Vol. 4, No.2, pp.227-242
6.LÉO-PAUL DANA, PAOLA DEMARTINI, VELAND RAMADANI and GIOVANNI SCHIUMA (2019). "Social capital, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems", Piccola Impresa/Small Business, 2019 No.3, pp.9-16.
7.SELMA KURTISHI-KASTRATI, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VANESSA RATTEN (2016). "Do foreign direct investments accelerate economic growth? The case of the Republic of Macedonia", International Journal of Competitiveness, Vol.1, No.1, pp.71-98.
8.VELAND RAMADANI (2014), "Venture capital financing in the Republic of Macedonia: What is done and what should be done?", ACRN Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 27--46.
9.SHQIPE GERGURI, GADAF REXHEPI and VELAND RAMADANI (2013). "Innovation strategies and competitive advantages", Modern Economics: Problems, Trends, Prospects (Современная экономика: проблемы, тенденции, перспективы), Vol.8, No.1, pp. 10-26.
10.VELAND RAMADANI (2012), "The importance of angel investors in financing the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises", International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol.2, No.7, pp.306-322.
11.NEXHBI VESELI and VELAND RAMADANI (2012). \"Promotion activities in small businesses: Empirical evidence from Macedonia\", American Journal of Scientific Research, Issue 66, pp. 37-54.
12.VELAND RAMADANI (2012), "Venture capital and small businesses in Republic of Macedonia: What is done and what should be done?", Science Series Data Report Journal, Vol.4, No. 4, pp.108-119.
13.VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GERGURI (2011), "Theoretical > framework of innovation: Competitiveness and innovation program > in Macedonia", European Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.23, No. > 2, pp. 268-276.
14.VELAND RAMADANI (2011), "The economic power of small > businesses: The case of the Republic of Macedonia", > International Bulletin of Business Administration, Issue 11, > pp. 135-148.
15.VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GERGURI (2011), "Innovations: > Principles and strategies" (Revised version), Advances in > Management, Vol.20, No.7, pp.7-12.
16.VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GERGURI (2011), "Innovations: > Principles and strategies", Strategic Change, Vol.20, No. 3-4, > pp.101-110.
17.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "E-commerce and its impact on > business", Journal of Scientific Thought Dituria, Vol.3, No.5, > pp.123-143.
18.VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GERGURI (2010), "The impact of > innovation to economic growth", University Library of Munich, > Munich, Germany, No. 22270.
19.VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI and AFRIM JONUZI (2009). > "Rewards system and employee performances in small businesses -- > specifically in Skopje", Journal of Faculty of Business > Administration-SEE University at Tetovo, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. > 16-26.
20.VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2008). "Achieving > competitiveness through innovations", Journal of Economic > Institute and South-East European University, Vol. 2, pp. 81-96.
21.VELAND RAMADANI (2008). "Alternative sources of financing > SME-s", Economic Journal Valuta, No. 20, pp. 10-13.
22.VELAND RAMADANI (2008). "Small businesses and risk management", > Economic Journal Valuta, No. 17, pp. 42-43.
23.VELAND RAMADANI (2008). "The role of SME in Macedonian > economy", Journal of Social Sciences Vizione, No. 10, pp. > 235-250.
24.VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2007), "Innovation and > competition", Economic Journal Valuta, No. 13, pp.70-72.
25.VELAND RAMADANI (2007). "The role of venture capital for the > development of entrepreneurial ideas", Economic Journal Valuta, > No. 10, pp.16-18.
26.VELAND RAMADANI (2007), "Business angels and their impact in > SME development", Journal of Economic Institute and South-East > European University, Vol. 1. pp. 49-64.
27.VELAND RAMADANI (2007). "Financing SMEs during their > lifecycle", Journal of Social Sciences Vizione, No. 9, pp. > 177-187.
28.VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2007). "Techniques of > improving quality in small businesses", Economic Journal > Valuta, No. 4, pp. 22-24. **
92 Book Chapters
1.AFERINA SKEJA, NORA SADIKU-DUSHI, VELAND RAMADANI, MARINA DABIĆ, MARCO VALERI and GÜLAY KESKIN (2025). "Introduction to Navigating AI in Business: Strategies and insights across disciplines". In Aferina Skeja, Veland Ramadani, Nora Sadiku-Dushi, Marina Dabić, Marco Valeri and Gülay Keskin (Eds). Navigating AI in Business (pp. 3--19). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-032-02526-5.
2.ANIKA TOTOJANI, ORKIDA TOTOJANI and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). Adoption of Photovoltaic Systems (PV) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Rural Economies of Albania. In Aferina Skeja, Veland Ramadani, Nora Sadiku-Dushi, Marina Dabić, Marco Valeri and Gülay Keskin (Eds). Navigating AI in Business (pp. 331--348). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-032-02526-5.
3.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, ADHI PRASETIO, LÉO-PAUL DANA, JUSTINA SHIROKA-PULA, VELAND RAMADANI and ALAIN FAYOLLE (2025). Understanding Gender in Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Contextual Perspective from Emerging Countries. In Grisna Anggadwita, Léo-Paul Dana, Veland Ramadani, Alain Fayolle, Justina Shiroka-Pula and Adhi Prasetio (Eds.) Gender in Digital Entrepreneurship (pp.3-16). Springer, Singapore. ISBN: 978-981-95-1147-1.
4.VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "SMEs, entrepreneurship and economic development in North Macedonia: Insights from the 'never-ending' transition period". In Bujamin Bela and Üzeyir Serdar Serdaroğlu (Eds) Balkan Economies Structure, Transition and Transformation of North Macedonia, 1991-2024 (pp.207-224). IDEFE Publications, Skopje. ISBN: 978-608-4944-17-1.
5.VALBONA ARIFI-DIKA, VELAND RAMADANI, BESNIK FETAI and MIMOZA ARIFI (2025). "Why do they leave? An empirical study on migration determinants in the Western Balkans". In Veland Ramadani, Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Christina Theodoraki, Gadaf Rexhepi and Besnik Kraniqi (Eds). Economic Resilience and Sustainability - Vol. 1. Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-032-04217-0.
6.FLORINDA ZEGULLAJ, VELAND RAMADANI, TEUTA VESELI-KURTISHI and VIKTORIJA ATANASOVSKA NOVESKI (2025). "The nexus of knowledge management (KM) enablers, knowledge management processes (KMPS), innovation speed, and entrepreneurial performance: a conceptual framework". In Veland Ramadani, Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Carmem Leal, Carlos Marques (Eds.), Navigating Economic Uncertainty - Vol. 1, (pp.1--17). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-73505-9.
7.VALBONA ARIFI, VELAND RAMADANI, JUSUF ZEQIRI and RASIM ZUFERI (2025). "The role of customer segmentation & personalization strategies in data-driven marketing for enhancing sales performance and customer retention in the e-commerce industry". In Veland Ramadani, Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Carmem Leal, Carlos Marques (Eds.), Navigating Economic Uncertainty - Vol. 1, (pp.169-181). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-73505-9.
8.VALBONA ARIFI, VELAND RAMADANI, SHPRESA SYLA and SELAJDIN ABDULI (2025). "Impact of social media use and engagement on employer branding". In Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Veland Ramadani, Carmem Leal, Carlos Marques (Eds.), Navigating Economic Uncertainty - Vol. 2 (pp.97--109). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-73509-7.
9.VELAND RAMADANI and HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI (2024). "Green entrepreneurship determinants and firms' performance: The moderating effect of cooperation between firms from North Macedonia and Kosovo". In Justina Pula-Shiroka and Besnik Krasniqi (Eds). Challenges and Perspective of Economic Cooperation of Kosova-Albania and the Region (pp.127--145), Kosova Academy of Science (ASHAK), Prishtina, Kosovo. ISBN: 978-9951-26-079-4.
10.MEGHNA CHHABRA, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and PRIYANKA JAIN (2024). "Emerging Institutional Paradigms and Capacity Building of Entrepreneurs: An Analysis of Women-Owned Business Enterprises in Contemporary India", In Léo-Paul Dana and Meghna Chhabra (Eds.). Women Entrepreneurship Policy: Context, Theory, and Practices (pp. 2--30). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-981-97-3606-5.
11.ALPTEKIN DEVELİ and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Policies and Measures for Women Entrepreneurship Development in Türkiye". In Léo-Paul Dana and Meghna Chhabra (Eds.). Women Entrepreneurship Policy: Context, Theory, and Practices (pp. 75--88). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-981-97-3606-5.
12.SUCHETA AGARWAL, SACHIN KUMAR MANGLA and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Enlightening Cases: Utilization of Exemplary AI-Enhanced Research Endeavors". In Anugamini Priya Srivastava and Sucheta Agarwal (Eds.), Utilizing AI Tools in Academic Research Writing (pp. 158-170). IGI Global, Hersehey, PA. ISBN: 979-836-93-1798-3.
13.WASSIM J. ALOULOU, VELAND RAMADANI, MOHAMMED ALARIFI and RASIM ZUFERI (2024). "Women entrepreneurs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". In Dina M. Nziku, Léo-Paul Dana, Helene Balslev, Aidin Salamzadeh (Eds). Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East: Context, Ecosystems, and Future Perspectives for the Region, World Scientific, Singapore. ISBN: 978-9-811-28348-2.
14.VELAND RAMADANI and HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI (2023). \"Correlation between innovation activities and export performance: Evidence from North Macedonia\". In Justina Pula-Shiroka, Isa Mustafa and Besnik Krasniqi (Eds). Competitiveness in the Western Balkans: Challenges and Opportunities for Kosovo (pp.127-145), Kosova Academy of Science (ASHAK), Prishtina, Kosovo.
15.AAESHA SAIF AHMED SHEHHI and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "Safe City Group: Enable Cities Safety". In Khaula Alkaabi and Veland Ramadani (Eds). Family Business Cases: Insights and Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates, (pp.73-84). Springer, Cham.
16.HESSA ALKALBANI, EIMAN ALMAZROUEI and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "The Nayel & Bin Harmal Group: Integrated Services in the Construction Sector". In Khaula Alkaabi and Veland Ramadani (Eds). Family Business Cases: Insights and Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates, (pp.97-109). Springer, Cham.
17.MARSELA THANASI-BOÇE, SELMA KURTISHI-KASTRATI, VELAND RAMADANI and RASIM ZUFERI (2023). "Sustainable entrepreneurship in North Macedonia: Challenges and perspectives". In Veland Ramadani, Sasho Kjosev and Bruno S. Sergi (Eds). Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Perspectives from Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK.
18.MIZANUR RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD ATIQUL BASHER and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "Entrepreneurship education through innovative teaching techniques: A systematic review using ADO model". In Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Léo-Paul Dana, Veland Ramadani and Andrea Caputo (Eds.) Economic Recovery, Consolidation, and Sustainable Growth: Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE), North Macedonia, May 2023 (pp.459-476). Springer, Cham.
19.VELAND RAMADANI, SASHO KJOSEV and BRUNO SERGI (2023). "Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Past, Present, and Future". In Veland Ramadani, Sasho Kjosev and Bruno S. Sergi (Eds). Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Perspectives from Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK.
20.ISA MUSTAFA, JUSTINA PULA-SHIROKA, BESNIK KRASNIQI, VELAND RAMADANI and LIRIDON KRYEZIU (2023). "Informal entrepreneurship in Kosovo: An institutionalist approach". In Veland Ramadani, Sasho Kjosev and Bruno S. Sergi (Eds). Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Perspectives from Diverse Contexts. Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK.
21.LÉO-PAUL and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "Women Entrepreneurship in Morocco". In Léo-Paul Dana, Dina M. Nziku, Ramo Palalić and Veland Ramadani (Eds). "The Environment for Women Entrepreneurship in North Africa". World Scientific Publishing, NJ. ISBN: 978-981-12-7611-8.
22.HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, VELAND RAMADANI and MATHEW HUGHES (2023). "Green entrepreneurship and productivity: Firm-level evidence from the BEEPS Survey in the Republic of North Macedonia". In Contributions, dedicated to Academician Alajdin Abazi on the Occasion of the 80^th^ Birth Anniversary (pp.35-50), Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts, Skopje, North Macedonia.
23.MEHMET BAYIRLI, BAKER ALSERHAN and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "History of Islamic Marketing Literature and Research: A Bibliometric Analysis". In Veland Ramadani, Baker Alserhan, Leo-Paul Dana, Jusuf Zeqiri, Hasan Terzi and Mehmet Bayirli (Eds). Research on Islamic Business Concepts: Proceedings of the 12th Global Islamic Marketing Conference, December 2021, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-18663-9.
24.RAMO PALALIĆ, MOHAMED REZAUR RAZZAK, SAID AL RIYAMI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "Family business in Bahrain". In Veland Ramadani, Wassim Aloulou and Mohammad Zainal (Eds). Family Business in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (pp.13--32). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-17261-8.
25.VELAND RAMADANI, VLADIMIR DZENOPOLJAC, MOHAMMAD ZAINAL and ALEKSANDRA DZENOPOLJAC (2023). "Family business in Kuwait". In Veland Ramadani, Wassim Aloulou and Mohammad Zainal (Eds). Family Business in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (pp.33--51). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-17261-8.
26.VELAND RAMADANI and MOHAMMAD ZAINAL (2023). "Family business in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Introductory aspects". In Veland Ramadani, Wassim Aloulou and Mohammad Zainal (Eds). Family Business in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (pp.1--11). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-17261-8.
27.BAKER ALSERHAN, JUSUF ZEQIRI, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2022). "An Introduction to strategic Islamic marketing". In Baker Alserhan, Veland Ramadani, Jusuf Zeqiri, Léo-Paul Dana (Eds). Strategic Islamic Marketing: A Roadmap for Engaging Muslim Consumers (pp.1-5). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-98159-4.
28.BAKER ALSERHAN, JUSUF ZEQIRI, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2022). "Halal industry: Threats and barriers". In Baker Alserhan, Veland Ramadani, Jusuf Zeqiri, Leo-Paul Dana (Eds). Strategic Islamic Marketing: A Roadmap for Engaging Muslim Consumers (pp.7-10). Springer, Cham. 978-3-030-98159-4.
29.DINA MODESTUS NZIKU, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and MARINA DABIĆ (2022). "Women entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa: An overview". In Marina Dabić, Léo-Paul Dana, Dina Nziku and Veland Ramadani (Eds). Women's Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp.1-8). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-303-098-965-1.
30.DINA NZIKU, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2022). "Women entrepreneurs in Tanzania". In Marina Dabić, Léo-Paul Dana, Dina Nziku and Veland Ramadani (Eds). Women's Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp.219-250). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-303-098-965-1.
31.MEHDI TAJPOUR, AIDIN SALAMZADEH, VELAND RAMADANI, RAMO PALALIĆ and ELAHE HOSSEINI (2022). "Knowledge sharing and achieving competitive advantage in international environments: Case of Iranian digital startups". In V. Jafari-Sadeghi, and L.P. Dana (Eds). International Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contexts, Behaviours, and Successful Entry (pp. 206-224). Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-1-03-211-086-8.
32.JOHN JAMES CATER, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2022). "Family business and work spirituality and religion". In Yochanan Altman, Judi Neal and Wolfgang Mayrhofer (Eds). Workplace Spirituality. (pp.141-154). DeGruyter, Berlin. ISBN: 978-3-11-071-134-9.
33.LÉO-PAUL DANA, RAMO PALALIĆ, VELAND RAMADANI and AIDIN SALAMZADEH (2022). "Introduction". In Léo-Paul Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Veland Ramadani and Ramo Palalić (Eds.). Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms. (pp.1-18). World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8
34.SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI, VELAND RAMADANI, MAIA CHIABRISHVILI and VLADIMIR DZENOPOLJAC (2022). "The context for business in Armenia". In Léo-Paul Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Veland Ramadani and Ramo Palalić (Eds.). Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms (pp.93-116) World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8.
35.VELAND RAMADANI, RAMO PALALIC, AIDIN SALAMZADEH and LEO-PAUL DANA (2022). "The context for business in Bahrain". In Léo-Paul Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Veland Ramadani and Ramo Palalić (Eds.). Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms (pp.243-258) World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8.
36.VLADIMIR DZENOPOLJAC, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2022). "The context for business in Kuwait". Léo-Paul Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Veland Ramadani and Ramo Palalić (Eds.). Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms (pp.259-276). World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8.
37.RAMO PALALIC, LEO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and AIDIN SALAMZADEH (2022). "The context for business in Qatar". In Léo-Paul Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Veland Ramadani and Ramo Palalić (Eds.). Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms. (pp.277-291). World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8.
38.LÉO-PAUL DANA, AIDIN SALAMZADEH, VELAND RAMADANI and RAMO PALALIĆ (2022). "The new economy with aspects of the bazaar". In Léo-Paul Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Veland Ramadani and Ramo Palalić (Eds.). Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms. (pp.521-534). World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8.
39.NORA SADIKU-DUSHI, AFËRINA SKEJA and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "Artisans and social media: Cases from Kosovo". In Léo-Paul Dana, Veland Ramadani, Ramo Palalic and Aidin Salamzadeh (Eds.). Artisan and Handicraft Entrepreneurs: Past, Present and Future. Springer, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-030-82302-3.
40.IQBAL HOSSAIN MORAL, SAIDUR RAHAMAN, MIZANUR RAHMAN and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "Narrative success stories of overcoming the challenges of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh". In Hiroko Kawamorita & Aidin Salamzadeh (Eds). Inter-Disciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Studies (pp.27-46). Efe Akademi Yayınevi, Istanbul. ISBN: 978-625-8065-91-6.
41.ARTA EJUPI-IBRAHIMI and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "Communication management". In Mustafa Fedai Çavuş & Ayşe Gökçen Kapusuz (Eds.), Contemporary Business Techniques, Egitim Yayinevi, Konya, Turkey. ISBN: 978-625-7405-54-6.
42.AIDIN SALAMZADEH and VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "The Iranian entrepreneurial ecosystem and female digital entrepreneurs". In Shahamak Rezaei, Li Jizhen, Shayegheh Ashourizadeh, Veland Ramadani and Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti (Eds), The Emerald Handbook of Women Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies, Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK. ISBN: 978-1-800-71327-7.
43.SHAHAMAK REZAEI, JIZHEN LI, SHAYEGHEH ASHOURIZADEH, VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2021). "Women entrepreneurship footprints: Some introductory reflections from emerging economies prospects". In Shahamak Rezaei, Li Jizhen, Shayegheh Ashourizadeh, Veland Ramadani and Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti (Eds), The Emerald Handbook of Women Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies, Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK. ISBN: 978-1-800-71327-7.
44.VELAND RAMADANI, RAMO PALALIĆ, LEO-PAUL DANA and AZRA BIČO (2021). "Entrepreneurship in Kuwait". In Leo-Paul Dana, Ramo Palalić and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region: Evolution and Future Perspectives, pp.25-44, World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-1-786-34807-4.
45.VELAND RAMADANI (2021). "Islamic entrepreneurship". In Leo-Paul Dana (Ed), World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, 2^nd^ Edition, pp.457-470, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. ISBN: 978-1-839-10413-8.
46.JOÃO LEITÃO, ANTÓNIO NUNES, DINA PEREIRA and VELAND RAMADANI (2020). "Insights into a new research agenda for the behavioral theory of the firm". In João Leitão, António Nunes, Dina Pereira and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Intrapreneurship and Sustainable Human Capital: Digital Transformation through Dynamic Competences, Springer, Cham, pp. 1-10. ISBN: 978-303049409-4.
47.BESAR BERISHA, VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and RAMO PALALIĆ (2020). "The impact of innovative working behaviour on employees' working performance". In João Leitão, António Nunes, Dina Pereira and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Intrapreneurship and Sustainable Human Capital: Digital Transformation through Dynamic Competences, Springer, Cham, pp.37-50. ISBN: 978-3-030-49409-4.
48.NORA SADIKU-DUSHI, VELAND RAMADANI, DIANNE H.B. WELSH & RAMO PALALIC (2020). "Women's entrepreneurship in Kosovo". In Ramo Palalic, Emil Knezevic and Leo-Paul Dana (Eds). Women\'s Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Historical Framework, Ecosystem, and Future Perspectives for the Region, Springer, Cham, pp. 61-82. ISBN: 978-3-030-45252-0.
49.RAMO PALALIĆ, AZRA BIČO, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2020). "Human capital: The future for developed nations and brain drain for developing countries (Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina)". In João Leitão, António Nunes, Dina Pereira and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Intrapreneurship and Sustainable Human Capital: Digital Transformation through Dynamic Competences, Springer, Cham, pp.117-136. ISBN: 978-3-030-49409-4.
50.VELAND RAMADANI, ESRA MEMILI, LEO-PAUL DANA & VISAR RAMADANI (2020). "Women's entrepreneurship in North Macedonia". In Ramo Palalic, Emil Knezevic & Leo-Paul Dana (Eds). Women\'s Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Historical Framework, Ecosystem, and Future Perspectives for the Region, Cham: Springer, pp. 113-134. ISBN: 978-3-030-45252-0.
51.NORA SADIKU and VELAND RAMADANI (2020). "Entrepreneurial marketing mindset: What entrepreneurs should know?". In Veland Ramadani, Ramo Palalic, Leo-Paul Dana, Norris Krueger and Andrea Caputo (Eds). Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship: Co-creation Pathways of Structural Change and Innovation, Springer, Cham, pp.181-210. ISBN: 978-3-030-36950-7.
52.VELAND RAMADANI, RAMO PALALIC, LEO-PAUL DANA, NORRIS KRUEGER and ANDREA CAPUTO (2020). "Organizational mindset of entrepreneurship: An overview". In Veland Ramadani, Ramo Palalic, Leo-Paul Dana, Norris Krueger and Andrea Caputo (Eds). Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship: Co-creation Pathways of Structural Change and Innovation, Springer, Cham, pp.1-7. ISBN: 978-3-030-36950-7
53.AHSANULLAH MOHSEN, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2020). "Green entrepreneurship prospects and challenges: The context of Afghanistan". In Michèle E. M. Akoorie, Jenny Gibb, Jonathan M. Scott, and Paresha Sinha (Eds), Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: A Contextualized Approach, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp.27-43. ISBN: 978-1-788-97371-7.
54.VELAND RAMADANI, ROBERT D. HISRICH and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2020), "Female entrepreneurs in transition economies: Insights from Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo". In 'Economic Mediations' Proceedings dedicated to Academician Taki Fiti on the Occasion of the 70^th^ Anniversary of his Birth (pp.375-402), Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts, Skopje, North Macedonia.
55.VELAND RAMADANI (2020), "Managing entrepreneurial businesses: Guidelines for successful implementation of business operations". In 'Economic Mediations' Proceedings dedicated to Academician Taki Fiti on the Occasion of the 70^th^ Anniversary of his Birth (pp.483-506), Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts, Skopje, North Macedonia (In Macedonian Language).
56.GADAF REXHEPI, ROBERT D. HISRICH and VELAND RAMADANI (2019). "Open innovation and entrepreneurship: An overview". In Gadaf Rexhepi, Robert D. Hisrich and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Impetus of Growth and Competitive Advantages, pp.1-7, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-16911-4.
57.SHAHAMAK REZAEI, BIRTE HANSEN, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2019). "The resurgence of bazaar entrepreneurship: 'Ravabet-networking' and the case of the Persian carpet trade". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Vanessa Ratten and Abdylmenaf Bexheti (Eds), Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Future Research Paradigms for Creating Innovative Business Activity, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-99064-4.
58.VELAND RAMADANI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VANESSA RATTEN (2019). "Informal ethnic entrepreneurship: An overview". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Vanessa Ratten and Abdylmenaf Bexheti (Eds), Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Future Research Paradigms for Creating Innovative Business Activity, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-99064-4.
59.RAMO PALALIC, LEO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2019). "Refugee entrepreneurship: A case study from the Sultanate of Oman". In Sibylle Heilbrunn, JörgFreiling and Aki Harima (Eds.), Refugee Entrepreneurship: A Case-based Topography, (pp.207-219), Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-92533-2.
60.RAMO PALALIC, LEO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2018). "Entrepreneurship in former Yugoslavia: An introduction". In Ramo Palalic, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Diversity, Institutional Constraints and Prospects, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3319776330.
61.LEO-PAUL DANA, RAMO PALALIC and VELAND RAMADANI (2018). "Entrepreneurship in former Yugoslavia: Toward the future". In Ramo Palalic, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Diversity, Institutional Constraints and Prospects, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3319776330.
62.RAMO PALALIĆ, AZRA BIČO, VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2018). "Entrepreneurship in Montenegro". In Ramo Palalic, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Diversity, Institutional Constraints and Prospects, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-77633-0.
63.VELAND RAMADANI, GADAF REXHEPI, LEO-PAUL DANA, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI and VANESSA RATTEN (2018). "Entrepreneurship in Macedonia". In Ramo Palalic, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds), Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Diversity, Institutional Constraints and Prospects, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3319776330.
64.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI and ALAIN FAYOLLE (2018). "Exploring family farms and sustainability entrepreneurship in Australian farmers' markets". In Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing (Eds). Exhibitions, Trade Fairs and Industrial Events. (Chapter 13). Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-1-138-21935-9.
65.VANESSA RATTEN, LEO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2018). "Women entrepreneurship in family Business: An overview". In Vanessa Ratten, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds). Women Entrepreneurship in Family Business. Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-1-138-29861-3.
66.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2018). "Future research directions for women entrepreneurship in family business". In Vanessa Ratten, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani. (Eds). Women Entrepreneurship in Family Business. Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-1-13-829861-3.
67.RAMO PALALIĆ, VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA and VANESSA RATTEN (2018). "Gender entrepreneurial leadership in family businesses: A case study from Bosnia & Herzegovina". In Vanessa Ratten, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani. (Eds). Women Entrepreneurship in Family Business. Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-1-138-29861-3
68.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA, ROBERT HISRICH and JOAO FERREIRA (2018), "Gender and family entrepreneurship: An overview". In Vanessa Ratten et al. (Eds). Gender and Family Entrepreneurship. Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-113822887-0.
69.VELAND RAMADANI, LUTFIJE ADEMI, VANESSA RATTEN, RAMO PALALIĆ and NORRIS KRUEGER (2018). "Knowledge creation and relationship marketing in family businesses: A case-study approach". In Vanessa Ratten, Vitor Braga and Carla Susana Marques (Eds). Knowledge, Learning and Innovation, (pp. 123-157), Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-59281-7.
70.SHAHAMAK REZAEI, LEO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2017). "An Introduction to Iranian Entrepreneurship". In S. Rezaei, L-P Dana, V. Ramadani (Eds). Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora, pp.1-11, Cham: Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-50639-5.
71.VELAND RAMADANI, ANGELKA ILIOSKA, GADAF REXHEPI and HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI (2017). "Family business management challenges: Understanding generational differences". In Vanessa Ratten et al. (Eds). Gender and Family Entrepreneurship. Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-113822887-0.
72.HENDRATI DWI MULYANINGSIH and VELAND RAMADANI (2017). "Social entrepreneurship in an Islamic context". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti and Vanessa Ratten (Eds). Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context, pp. 143-158. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-39677-4.
73.VANESSA RATTEN, LEO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and SHAHAMAK REZAEI (2017). "Transnational entrepreneurship in a diaspora". In S. Rezaei, L-P Dana, V. Ramadani (Eds). Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora, pp.181-194. Cham: Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-50639-5.
74.VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and VANESSA RATTEN (2017). "An introduction to entrepreneurship and management in an Islamic Context". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti and Vanessa Ratten (Eds). Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context, pp. 1-6. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-39677-4.
75.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2017). "Islamic entrepreneurship and management: Culture, religion and society". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti and Vanessa Ratten (Eds). Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context, pp. 7-18. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-39677-4.
76.VANESSA RATTEN, HUSSAIN RAMMAL and VELAND RAMADANI (2017). "Islamic finance: An entrepreneurial management perspective". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti and Vanessa Ratten (Eds). Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context, pp. 119-132. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-39677-4.
77.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2017). "Islamic entrepreneurship and management: Future research directions". In Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti and Vanessa Ratten (Eds). Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context, pp. 227-242. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-39677-4.
78.HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2016). "Innovation and firm-performance correlations: The case of Central and South-Eastern Europe Countries". In Jovo Ateljevic and Jelena Trivić (Eds). Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economies: Key Issues, Obstacles and Perspectives, pp.147-168. Springer, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg.
79.LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2015), "Introduction to family business in transition economies", in Léo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds.), Family Businesses in Transition Economies, pp. 1-6. Heidelberg: Springer.
80.VELAND RAMADANI and FRANK HOY (2015), "Context and uniqueness of family businesses", in Léo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds.), Family Businesses in Transition Economies, (pp. 9-36). Springer, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg..
81.LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2015), "Context and uniqueness of transition economies", in Léo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds.), Family Businesses in Transition Economies (pp. 39-69), Springer, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg..
82.VELAND RAMADANI, GRAMOS GASHI, TAKI FITI and BETIM HUMOLLI (2015), "Family businesses in the trade sector: An examination of a case study from Kosovo", in Léo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds.), Family Businesses in Transition Economies (pp. 319-329). Springer, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg.
83.VELAND RAMADANI, ALAIN FAYOLLE, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and EGZONA ALIU (2015), 'The succession issues in family firms: insights from Macedonia', in in Léo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani (Eds.), Family Businesses in Transition Economies (pp. 199‒221), Springer, Heidelberg.
84.VELAND RAMADANI, LEO-PAUL DANA, SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI and HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI (2015), "The profile of female entrepreneurs in the Republic of Macedonia", In Veland Ramadani, Shqipe Gerguri-Rashiti and Alain Fayolle (Eds), Female Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economies: Trends and Challenges, Palgrave MacMillan, London.
85.TAKI FITI and VELAND RAMADANI (2013), "Venture capital initiatives in Macedonia: Current situation, barriers and perspectives", In Veland Ramadani and Robert C. Schneider (Eds), Entrepreneurship in the Balkans: Diversity, Support and Prospects, pp. 317-338, Springer, New York. ISBN: 978-3-642-36576-8.
86.VELAND RAMADANI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2013), "The state of entrepreneurship in the Balkans: Evidence from selected countries", In Veland Ramadani and Robert C. Schneider (Eds), Entrepreneurship in the Balkans: Diversity, Support and Prospects, pp. 217-250, Springer, New York. ISBN: 978-3-642-36576-8.
87.VELAND RAMADANI and GRAMOS GASHI (2013), "Family businesses in Republic of Kosovo: Some general issues", In Veland Ramadani and Robert C. Schneider (Eds.), Entrepreneurship in the Balkans: Diversity, Support and Prospects, pp. 91-115, Springer, New York. ISBN: 978-3-642-36576-8.
88.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Small businesses and their specifics", in Veland Ramadani (Ed.), Specifics of Small Business: Theory, Evidence, Analysis, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-33-0.
89.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Financing of small businesses", in Veland Ramadani (Ed.), Specifics of Small Business: Theory, Evidence, Analysis, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-33-0.
90.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Risk management in small businesses", in Veland Ramadani (Ed.), Specifics of Small Business: Theory, Evidence, Analysis, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-33-0.
91.VELAND RAMADANI and SIANDRA HASANI (2010), "Small businesses and innovations", in Veland Ramadani (Ed.), Specifics of Small Business: Theory, Evidence, Analysis, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-33-0.
92.MAJLINDA ÇOROLLI and VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Small businesses, ethics, and social responsibility", in Veland Ramadani (Ed.), Specifics of Small Business: Theory, Evidence, Analysis, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-33-0. **
39 Proceedings & Presentations
1.BRUNILDA KOSTA and VELAND RAMADANI (2025 OCT). "The impact of informal competition on proactive environmental strategies in Western Balkans". Presented in Demographic changes and labor market dynamics -- challenges of sustainable economic development in Albania, Kosovo and the region, Kosova Academy of Science and Arts and Academy of Science of Albania, Tirana, Albania (10-11 October 2025).
2.AGRON HAJDARI, VELAND RAMADANI and BESNIK KRASNIQI (2025 OCT). "Bridging knowledge gaps: The impact of returnee entrepreneurs on business, education, and innovation". Presented in Demographic changes and labor market dynamics -- challenges of sustainable economic development in Albania, Kosovo and the region, Kosova Academy of Science and Arts and Academy of Science of Albania, Tirana, Albania (10-11 October 2025).
3.LUTFIJE ADEMI, VELAND RAMADANI and JUSUF ZEQIRI (2025 SEPT). "Beyond Recognition: The Role of Face Recognition and Visual Attention in Marketing", 11th Entrenova Conference -- ENTerprise REsearch InNOVation Conference (ENTRENOVA), Opatija, Croatia (11-13 September 2025).
4.VELAND RAMADANI (2025 FEB). "Silverpreneurs: The role of older entrepreneurs in a changing economy", Keynote Speaker at The 2025 International Conference on Demographic Transition, Health, and Technologies (ICDTHT'25), hosted by Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena (UPSE), Salinas, Ecuador (13-15 February 2025).
5.TRINGA DANÇA HOTI, VELAND RAMADANI and YLLKA POTERI AVDIU (2024 OCT). "The role of entrepreneurial marketing in driving start-up success: A case study of Kosovo", 13th UBT Annual International Conference on Management, Business And Economics, Prishtina, Kosova (26 October 2024).
6.AGRON HAJDARI, VELAND RAMADANI, BESNIK KRASNIQI and JUSTINA SHIROKA-PULA (2024 OCT). "The role of returnee entrepreneurs in bridging knowledge gaps in business development, education and innovation". In Navigating Change in a Dynamic World, PRIME Conference, organized by Kosova Academy of Science and Arts, Prishtina, Kosova (04 October 2024).
7.ALBANË GASHI, BESNIK KRASNIQI, VELAND RAMADANI and GENTRIT BERISHA (2024 OCT). "Evaluating the impact of individual and country-level institutional factors on subjective well-being among entrepreneurs". In Navigating Change in a Dynamic World, PRIME Conference, organized by Kosova Academy of Science and Arts, Prishtina, Kosova (04 October 2024).
8.IRAJ HASHI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, GADAF REXHEPI, VELAND RAMADANI and ANDREAS KALLMUENZER (2024 OCT). "Unravelling open innovation: determinants and firm performance relationships in CEE and SEE countries". In Navigating Change in a Dynamic World, PRIME Conference, organized by Kosova Academy of Science and Arts, Prishtina, Kosova (04 October 2024).
9.VELAND RAMADANI and HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI (2023 OCT). "Green entrepreneurship determinants and firms' performance: The moderating effect of cooperation between firms from North Macedonia and Kosovo". In International Scientific Conference: Challenges and Perspective of Economic Cooperation of Kosova-Albania and the Region organized by Kosova Academy of Science and Arts and Academy of Science of Albania, Prishtina, Kosova (06-07 October 2023).
10.VELAND RAMADANI (2023 OCT). "Entrepreneurship in Turbulent Times and Crises: Lessons (to be) Learned". Keynote Speaker at Innovative Economic Symposium 2023: Economic Consequences of/in a Turbulent World organized by the University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" (Kosova) and Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic), Prishtina, Kosova (26-27 Oct 2023).
11.VELAND RAMADANI (2023 SEPT). "Entrepreneurship and innovation in times of crises: Opportunity or challenge for sustainability", Keynote Speaker at International Conference on Economics, Business, Science, and Technology (ICE-BEST): \"Emerging Trends and Challenges in achieving Innovation and Sustainability: Multidisciplinary Perspective Research\", Seoul, South Korea (19-20 September 2023).
12.VELAND RAMADANI (2023 JUNE). "Informal entrepreneurship and employment: Advantages and disadvantages", Keynote Speaker at Seminar about the informal economy and workplace stability: How to protect the workers in the financial sector best?", organized by the World Organization of Workers (WoW) and European Centre for Workers\' Questions (EZA), Skopje, North Macedonia (28-30 June 2023).
13.VELAND RAMADANI (2023 JUNE). "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Western Balkans: Challenges Ahead", Keynote Speaker at Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, University of Trás-os-Montes (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal (16 June 2023).
14.VELAND RAMADANI (2023 JUNE). "Preparation and submission of scientific articles in indexed journals", Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, University of Trás-os-Montes (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal (16 June 2023).
15.VELAND RAMADANI (2022 OCT). "Academic integrity in research: Experienced bad and good practices as an editor", Keynote Speaker at Conference: Sharing Good Academic Practices for Better Business and Better Community, SEEU, Tetovo, North Macedonia (Oct 25, 2022).
16.VELAND RAMADANI (2022 OCT). "Entrepreneurial marketing from an Islamic perspective", Keynote Speaker at the 13th Global Islamic Marketing Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (Oct 18-20, 2022).
17.AGRON HAJDARI and VELAND RAMADANI (2022 MAY). "Fostering entrepreneurship to repatriated persons: Integration and effects on the economy", Proceedings of 5th International Scientific Conference on Business and Information Technologies, Tetovo, North Macedonia (May 5, 2022).
18.DIANNE WELSH, SUCHETA AGARWAL, VELAND RAMADANI, VIVEK AGRAWAL and JITENDRA KUMAR DIXIT (2021), "Modeling factors affecting students\' entrepreneurial intentions: An integrated ISM-MICMAC Approach". Small Business Institute Annual Conference (SBI 2021), Clinton, MS, USA. [BEST PAPER AWARD]{.underline}
19.JUSUF ZEKIRI, VELAND RAMADANI, SADUDIN IBRAIMI and RASIM ZUFERI (2020 SEPTEMBER). "The impact of digital marketing on brand awareness and purchase intention", Proceedings of 4th International Scientific Conference on Business and Information Technologies, Skopje/Tetovo, North Macedonia (Sept 17-18, 2020).
20.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, LUAN ESHTREFI, DINI TURIPANAM ALAMANDA, ANGGRAENI PERMATASARI and VELAND RAMADANI (2019 JUNE). "Social characters as a predictor of sociopreneurs motivation: Cases of Indonesia sociopreneurs", Proceedings of the 3^rd^ International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE): From Transition to Development, pp.52-62, Skopje/Tetovo, North Macedonia (June 13-15, 2019).
21.NORA SADIKU DUSHI and VELAND RAMADANI (2019 JUNE). "Entrepreneurial marketing: What we know and what we should know?", Proceedings of the 3^rd^ International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE): From Transition to Development, Skopje/Tetovo, North Macedonia (June 13-15, 2019).
22.AMIR EMAMI, DIANNE WELSH, VELAND RAMADANI and ALI DAVARI (2018 NOV). "Entrepreneurs and decision anomalies", International Conference on Economics and Management of Networks (EMNet 2018), Havana, Cuba (November 15-17, 2018)
23.VELAND RAMADANI (2018 MAR). "Social entrepreneurship in an Islamic context". International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Business Research (SESB), Barcelona, Spain (March 17-18, 2018).
24.VELAND RAMADANI, GADAF REXHEPI and SELAJDIN ABDULI (2017 MAY). "Exploratory study on ethnic-minority entrepreneurship in Macedonia: The case of Albanian and Turkish Entrepreneurs". International Conference on Research in Education and Science, Ephesus-Kuşadasi, Turkey (May 18-21, 2016).
25.VELAND RAMADANI, RASIM ZUFERI and AVNI ARIFI (2017 FEB). "The profile of the ethnic Albanian entrepreneurs in Macedonia: Exploratory research". 1^st^ International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE) on Building Bridges between Business Research and Industry Needs, pp. 61-70, Tetovo, Macedonia (February 19-21, 2017). ISBN: 978-608-248-017-6
26.SADUDIN IBRAIMI, RASIM ZUFERI, GADAF REXHEPI and VELAND RAMADANI (2017 FEB). The correlation between strategic planning and performance management: A literature review. 6th International Conference on New Challenges in Management and Business. Dubai, UAE (February 11, 2017).
27.GADAF REXHEPI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, SADUDIN IBRAIMI and VELAND RAMADANI (2017 FEB). The role of intellectual capital in creating sustainable competitive advantage through business strategies. 6th International Conference on New Challenges in Management and Business. Dubai, UAE (February 11, 2017).
28.VELAND RAMADANI (2016 OCT), SMEs transformation into learning organizations: How business angels can help? Keynote presentation. Keynote Speaker at 4th International Seminar & Conference on Learning Organization (ISCLO). Bandung, Indonesia (October 25-26, 2016).
29.GADAF REXHEPI, VELAND RAMADANI, SADUDIN IBRAIMI, RASIM ZYFERI and SHENAJ HAXHIMUSTAFA (2016 MAY), "Benchmarking as TQM technique in education organisation". International Conference on Research in Education and Science, Bodrum, Turkey (May 19-22, 2016).
30.SAŠA PETKOVIĆ, BOBAN SAŠIĆ, CLEMENS JÄGER and VELAND RAMADANI (2016 OCT). "Why small and medium size enterprises are dying: Empirical evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina". In Proceedings of REDETE Conference, pp.228-248. Graz, Austria (October 22-24, 2015).
31.GADAF REXHEPI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, VELAND RAMADANI and SADUDIN IBRAIMI (2016 MAY). "The use of quality programs in entrepreneurship". In Proceedings of REDETE Conference, pp.611-622. Graz, Austria (October 22-24, 2015).
32.VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI--RASHITI, SELMA KURTISHI-KASTRATI and LEO-PAUL DANA (2015 JUN). Family business succession issues in transition economies: Contrasting Macedonia and Kosovo, 60th Annual ICSB 2015 World Conference: Entrepreneurship at a Global Crossroads, Dubai, UAE.
33.VEDAT ZULFIU and VELAND RAMADANI (2014 OCT), "The impact of distributors in innovation process in supply chain", Proceedings, SMEs Development and Innovation: Building Competitive Future of South-Eastern Europe, pp. 1011-1025, International Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia.
34.HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GËRGURI--RASHITI (2014 APR). "Determinants of innovation activities and their impact on the entrepreneurial businesses performance: Empirical evidence from Central and South-Eastern Europe", Conference Proceedings of Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies, pp.224-234, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
35.SHQIPE GERGURI-RASHITI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI and VELAND RAMADANI (2013 JUN). "The impact of information communication technologies and innovation activities on entrepreneurial businesses: empirical evidence in transition economies", 6th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development. pp. 653-663. Istanbul, Turkey.
36.VELAND RAMADANI, ALAIN FAYOLLE, SHQIPE GËRGURI and EGZONA ALIU (2013 JUN). "The succession issues in family firms: Evidence from Macedonia". 5th E-LAB International Symposium of Entrepreneurship on Family Entrepreneurship: A New Field of Research, pp. 1-30. Lyon, France.
37.VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GERGURI, GADAF REXHEPI and SELAJDIN ABDULI (2011 OCT), "Innovation and economic development: Correlations and conditions", Conference Proceedings: Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies, pp.136-148, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
38.SELAJDIN ABDULI and VELAND RAMADANI (2011 SEP), "Financing and investment problems in small and medium enterprises during the transition period in the Polog Region". Proceedings of the 6th Annual Meeting of Institute Alb-Shkenca, pp. 388.Institute Alb-Shkenca, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
39.VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GERGURI (2011 MAY), "Venture capital > in Macedonia: Does it really exists", Conference Proceedings of > 4th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and > Regional Development, pp. 956-964, Ohrid, Macedonia. **
17 Authored Textbooks
1.BESNIK KRASNIQI and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "Circular Economy", Rilindja e gjelber, Prishtina, Kosovo. Forthcoming (In Albanian Language).
2.JUSTINA SHIROKA-PULA, BESNIK KRASNIQI and VELAND RAMADANI (2026). "Entrepreneurial Decision-Making and Process", Kosova Academy of Science and Arts, Prishtina, Kosovo. Forthcoming (In Albanian Language).
3.VELAND RAMADANI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, SHENAJ HAXHIMUSTAFA and BLERTA ABAZI-CAUSHI (2026). "Fundamnetals of Economics and Business", 1^st^ Edition, South-East European University, North Macedonia. Forthcoming (In Albanian Language)
4.VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Case Studies", 1^st^ Edition, South-East European University, North Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-248-064-0. (In Albanian Language)
5.RAMO PALALIĆ, CLAIRE SEAMAN, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and GADAF REXHEPI (2024), "Sustainable Family Business: The Triple Bottom Line Approach", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3031579981.
6.VELAND RAMADANI, ERICK P.C. CHANG, RAMO PALALIĆ and ESRA MEMILI (2024), "Entrepreneurial Family Businesses: A Textbook on Innovation, Governance, and Succession, with Case Studies", 2^nd^ edition. Cham, Springer. ISBN: 978-3031592607.
7.VELAND RAMADANI, ROBERT D. HISRICH, NORA SADIKU-DUSHI and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2022), "Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management", 2^nd^ Edition, South-East European University, Tetovo, North Macedonia (In Albanian Language). ISBN: 978-608-248-044-2.
8.VELAND RAMADANI, ESRA MEMILI, RAMO PALALIĆ and ERICK P.C. CHANG (2020), "Entrepreneurial Family Businesses: Innovation, Governance, and Succession", Cham, Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-47777-6.
9.ROBERT D. HISRICH and VELAND RAMADANI (2018), "Entrepreneurial Marketing: A Practical Managerial Approach", Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. ISBN: 978-1-788-11131-7.
10.ROBERT D. HISRICH and VELAND RAMADANI (2017), "Effective Entrepreneurial Management: Strategy, Planning, Risk Management, and Organization", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-50465-0.
11.VELAND RAMADANI and ROBERT D. HISRICH (2015), "Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management", 1^st^ Edition, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia, ISBN: 978-608-248-001-5 (In Albanian Language).
12.TAKI FITI and VELAND RAMADANI (2013), "Entrepreneurship", South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia, ISBN: 978-608-4503-69-9 (In Albanian Language).
13.BOBEK SHUKLEV and VELAND RAMADANI (2012), "Small Business and Entrepreneurship", South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-69-9 (In Albanian Language).
14.NASIR SELIMI, VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2010), "Introduction to Business", South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-39-2 (In Albanian Language).
15.NEXHBI VESELI, VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2010), "Direct Marketing and Small Businesses", Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-8383-8835-9.
16.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Venture Capital and Small Business", Alma Publishing House, Skopje, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-65058-2-0 (In Macedonian Language).
17.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Business Angels", South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-38-5 (In Albanian Language). **
42 Edited Books
1.VELAND RAMADANI (2028). "Elgar Encyclopedia of Sustainable Entrepreneurship". Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (publishing agreement signed).
2.VELAND RAMADANI, ANDREA CAPUTO, CHRISTINA THEODORAKI and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2026). "Entrepreneurship, Big Data and AI Synergy". Springer, Cham (publishing agreement signed).
3.VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, SUNČICA OBERMAN PETERKA and JUSTINA SHIROKA-PULA (2026). "Ethnic Identity and Entrepreneurship in a Plural Society: The Effect of Cultural Capital on Enterprise". Springer, Cham (In production).
4.PEDRO MIGUEL GASPAR, VELAND RAMADANI, PAULA ODETE FERNANDES, JOSÉ AVELINO MOREIRA VICTOR and JUAN MANUEL CUEVA LOVELLE (2026). "Management, Tourism, and Smart Technologies" (Vol. 1), Springer, Cham (In production).
5.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and PUTU INDAH RAHMAWATI (2026). "Indonesia: Cultures and Enterprise". Springer, Cham (in production).
6.ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, VELAND RAMADANI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, CRISTINA THEODORAKI, GADAF REXHEPI and BESNIK KRASNIQI (2026). "Economic Resilience and Sustainability" (Vol. 2). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-032-04213-2.
7.VELAND RAMADANI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, CRISTINA THEODORAKI, GADAF REXHEPI and BESNIK KRASNIQI (2025). "Economic Resilience and Sustainability" (Vol. 1). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-032-04217-0.
8.AFËRINA SKEJA, VELAND RAMADANI, NORA SADIKU-DUSHI, MARINA DABIC, MARCO VALERI and GÜLAY KESKIN (2025). "Navigating AI in Business: Strategies and Insights Across Disciplines". Springer, Cham . ISBN: 978-3-032-02525-8.
9.GRISNA ANGGADWITA, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI, ALAIN FAYOLLE, JUSTINA SHIROKA-PULA and ADHI PRASETIO (2025). "Gender in Digital Entrepreneurship: Recent Issues in Emerging Countries". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-981-95-1147-1.
10.LÉO-PAUL DANA, AHMAD RAFIKI, VELAND RAMADANI and SUTAN EMIR HIDAYAT (2025). "Contemporary Islamic Business Strategies and Applications Concepts and Practices in Emerging Economies". DeGruyter, Berlin. ISBN: ISBN: 978-3-111-57537-7.
11.PEDRO MIGUEL GASPAR, DAVID FACAL MAYO, ESPERANZA NAVARRO-PARDO and VELAND RAMADANI (2025). "Demographic Transitions, Health, and Well-Being" (Vol. 1), Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-94486-4.
12.VELAND RAMADANI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, CARMEM LEAL, CARLOS MARQUES (2025). "Navigating Economic Uncertainty" (Vol.1). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-73505-9.
13.HYRIJE ABAZI-ALILI, ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, VELAND RAMADANI, CARMEM LEAL, CARLOS MARQUES (2025). "Navigating Economic Uncertainty" (Vol.2). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-73509-7.
14.BESNIK KRASNIQI, SASCHA KRAUS, VELAND RAMADANI and PAUL JONES (2025). "Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Family Firms: Perspectives on Emerging Economies", Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK. ISBN: 978-1-837-53935-2.
15.AHMAD RAFIKI, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA and SUTAN EMIR HIDAYAT (2024). "Strategic Islamic Business and Management: Solutions for Sustainability". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-61777-5.
16.ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI, HYRIJE ABAZ-ALILI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI and ANDREA CAPUTO (2024). "Economic Recovery, Consolidation, and Sustainable Growth". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-42510-3.
17.KHAULA A. ALKAABI and VELAND RAMADANI (2024). "Family Business Cases: Insights and Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-39251-1.
18.VELAND RAMADANI, BAKER ALSERHAN, LÉO-PAUL DANA, JUSUF ZEQIRI, HASAN TERZI and MEHMET BAYIRLI (2023). "Research on Islamic Business Concepts" (GIMAC 13), Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-981-99-5117-8.
19.LÉO-PAUL DANA, DINA MODESTUS NZIKU, RAMO PALALIĆ and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). "Environments for Women Entrepreneurship in North Africa". World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-12-7611-8.
20.VELAND RAMADANI, SASO KJOSEV and BRUNO S. SERGI (2023). "Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Perspectives from Diverse Contexts", Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK. ISBN: 978-1-83753-455-5
21.VELAND RAMADANI, BAKER ALSERHAN, LÉO-PAUL DANA, JUSUF ZEQIRI, HASAN TERZI and MEHMET BAYIRLI (2023). "Research on Islamic Business Concepts" (GIMAC 12), Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-18662-2.
22.VELAND RAMADANI, WASIM J. ALOULOU and MOHAMMAD ZAINAL (2023). "Family Business in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-17261-8
23.BAKER ALSERHAN, VELAND RAMADANI, JUSUF ZEQIRI and LÉO-PAUL DANA (2022). "Strategic Islamic Marketing: A Roadmap for Engaging Muslim Consumers". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-303-098-159-4.
24.MARINA DABIĆ, LÉO-PAUL DANA, DINA NZIKU and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "Women's Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-98965-1.
25.LÉO-PAUL DANA, CHRISTIAN KEEN and VELAND RAMADANI (2022). "Entrepreneurship in South America: Context, Diversity, Constraints, Opportunities and Prospects". Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-97059-8.
26.LÉO-PAUL DANA, AIDIN SALAMZADEH, VELAND RAMADANI and RAMO PALALIĆ (2022). "Understanding Contexts of Business in Western Asia: Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms". World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-981-122-968-8.
27.LÉO-PAUL DANA, VELAND RAMADANI, RAMO PALALIĆ and AIDIN SALAMZADEH (2022). "Artisan and Handicraft Entrepreneurs: Past, Present and Future". Springer, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-030-82302-3
28.SHAHAMAK REZAEI, LI JIZHEN, SHAYEGHEH ASHOURIZADEH, VELAND RAMADANI and SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI (2021), "The Emerald Handbook of Women Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies", Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley. ISBN: 978-1-800-71327-7.
29.LÉO-PAUL DANA, RAMO PALALIĆ and VELAND RAMADANI (2021), "Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region: Evolution and Future Perspectives", World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. ISBN: 978-1-786-34807-4.
30.JOÃO LEITÃO, ANTÓNIO NUNES, DINA PEREIRA and VELAND RAMADANI (2020), "Intrapreneurship and Sustainable Human Capital: Digital Transformation Through Dynamic Competences", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-49409-4.
31.VELAND RAMADANI, RAMO PALALIĆ, LÉO-PAUL DANA, NORRIS KRUEGER and ANDREA CAPUTO (2020), "Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship: Co-creation Pathways of Structural Change and Innovation", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-36950-7.
32.GADAF REXHEPI, ROBERT D. HISRICH and VELAND RAMADANI (2019), "Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Impetus of Growth and Competitive Advantages", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-16911-4.
33.VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, VANESSA RATTEN and ABDYLMENAF BEXHETI (2019), "Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Future Research Paradigms for Creating Innovative Business Activity", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-319-99064-4.
34.RAMO PALALIĆ, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2018), "Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Diversity, Institutional Constraints and Prospects", Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3319776330.
35.VANESSA RATTEN, LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2018), "Women Entrepreneurship in Family Business". Routledge, London. ISBN: 978-1-13829861-3
36.VANESSA RATTEN, VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, ROBERT HISRICH and JOÃO FERREIRA (2018), "Gender and Family Entrepreneurship". Routledge, London, ISBN: 978-1-13822887-0.
37.SHAHAMAK REZAEI, LO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2017), "Iranian Entrepreneurship: Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora", Springer, Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-319-50638-8.
38.VELAND RAMADANI, LÉO-PAUL DANA, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and VANESSA RATEEN (2017), "Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context", Springer, Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-319-39677-4.
39.LÉO-PAUL DANA and VELAND RAMADANI (2015), "Family Businesses in Transition Economies: Management, Succession and Internationalization", Springer, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-319-14208-1.
40.VELAND RAMADANI, SHQIPE GËRGURI-RASHITI and ALAIN FAYOLLE (2015), "Female Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economies: Trends and Challenges", Palgrave Macmillan, London, ISBN: 978-113744449-3.
41.VELAND RAMADANI and ROBERT C. SCHNEIDER (2013), "Entrepreneurship in the Balkans: Diversity, Support and Prospects", Springer, New York. ISBN: 978-3-642-36576-8.
42.VELAND RAMADANI (2010), "Specifics of Small Business: Theory, Evidence, Analysis", South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia, ISBN: 978-608-4503-33-0 (In Albanian Language). **
4 Manuals / Handbooks
1.VELAND RAMADANI and EJUP AHMETI (2022). "Business Plan: A Guide for Effective Management". A manual prepared for Doni Fruits Ltd, Kosovo/Albania/North Macedonia (In Albanian Language).
2.VELAND RAMADANI (2019). "Business Angels". A manual prepared for CEED Macedonia & Ministry of Economy of the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje (In Macedonian Language).
3.VELAND RAMADANI (2018). "Social Entrepreneurship". A manual prepared for ALBIZ Foundation & Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje (In Albanian Language).
4.NEXHBI VESELI, VELAND RAMADANI and GADAF REXHEPI (2008), "The Role of Direct Marketing to the Development of SMEs" South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia. ISBN: 978-608-4503-03-3 (In Albanian Language). **
6 Book Reviews
1.KHAULA ALKAABI and VELAND RAMADANI (2023). Book Review: The Garment Economy: Understanding History, Developing Business Models, and Leveraging Digital Technologies -- edited by Michelle Brandstrup, Léo-Paul Dana, Daniella Ryding, Gianpaolo Vignali, and Myriam Caratù, Springer, Cham, 2023, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 580-585.
2.VELAND RAMADANI (2022). Book Review: Sustainable International Business Models in a Digitally Transforming World -- edited by Anshuman Khare, Arto Ojala, William W. Baber, Routledge, London and New York, 2022, International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 229-230.
3.AMIR EMAMI and VELAND RAMADANI (2020). Cadence: A Tale of Fast Business Growth - by Pete Williams, Morgan James Publishing, New York, 2018, International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp.151-152.
4.VELAND RAMADANI (2018). Book Review: Entrepreneurship in Western Europe: A Contextual Perspective - by Léo-Paul Dana, Imperial College Press, London, 2017, World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 14, Nos. 1/2, pp.288-290.
5.VELAND RAMADANI and VANESSA RATTEN (2017). Book Review: Women's Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts - edited by Cristina Díaz-García, Candida Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood and Friederike Welter, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2016, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 653-656.
6.VELAND RAMADANI (2015). Book Review: Asian Entrepreneurship - edited by Léo-Paul Dana, SAGE Publications, New York, 2015, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp.587-590.
05

Conferences

XK
Prishtina, Kosovo Keynote Speaker
Twin Transformation: Reconceptualizing Organizations and Ecosystems
PRIME Conference, Kosova Academy of Science and Arts
08–09 Oct 2026
ES
Valencia, Spain
9th International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE)
11–12 Jun 2026
AL
Tirana, Albania
Demographic Changes and Labor Market Dynamics — Challenges of Sustainable Economic Development
Kosova Academy of Science and Arts & Academy of Science of Albania
10–11 Oct 2025
HR
Opatija, Croatia
11th ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference (ENTRENOVA)
11–13 Sep 2025
MK
Tetovo, North Macedonia
8th International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE)
08–09 May 2025
EC
Salinas, Ecuador (Virtual) Keynote Speaker
International Conference on Demographic Transition, Health, and Technologies (ICDTHT)
13–15 Feb 2025
XK
Prishtina, Kosovo
13th UBT Annual International Conference on Management, Business and Economics
26 Oct 2024
XK
Prishtina, Kosovo Panelist
Navigating Change in a Dynamic World
PRIME Conference, Kosova Academy of Science and Arts
04 Oct 2024
MK
Skopje, North Macedonia
Business Angels and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in North Macedonia: Opportunities and Challenges
18–19 Sep 2024
PT
Vila Real, Portugal
7th International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE)
24–26 Jun 2024
MK
Tetovo, North Macedonia Panelist
Empowering Women in North Macedonia: Inclusion & Innovation in Entrepreneurship
07 Dec 2023
XK
Prishtina, Kosovo Keynote Speaker
Innovative Economic Symposium 2023: Economic Consequences of/in a Turbulent World
26–27 Oct 2023
XK
Prishtina, Kosovo
Challenges and Perspectives of Economic Cooperation of Kosovo-Albania and the Region
Kosova Academy of Science and Arts & Academy of Science of Albania
06–07 Oct 2023
KR
Seoul, South Korea (Virtual) Keynote Speaker
International Conference on Economics, Business, Science, and Technology (ICE-BEST)
19–20 Sep 2023
MK
Tetovo, North Macedonia
6th International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE)
12–13 May 2023
MK
Tetovo, North Macedonia Keynote Speaker
Sharing Good Academic Integrity Practices — BRIDGE, Erasmus+
25 Oct 2022
TR
Istanbul, Turkey Keynote Speaker
13th Global Islamic Marketing Conference
18–20 Oct 2022
MK
Tetovo, North Macedonia
5th International Scientific Conference on Business and Information Technologies (ISCBIT 2022)
05 May 2022
US
Clinton, MS, USA (Virtual)
Small Business Institute Annual Conference (SBI 2021)
25–26 Feb 2021
MK
Skopje, North Macedonia
4th International Scientific Conference on Business and Information Technologies (ISCBIT 2020)
17–18 Sep 2020
ES
Valencia, Spain
2nd International Conference on Digital, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Financing (DIF 2019)
02–03 Dec 2019
MK
Skopje, North Macedonia
3rd International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE 2019)
13–15 Jun 2019
??
Havana, Cuba
International Conference on Economics and Management of Networks (EMNet 2018)
15–17 Nov 2018
ID
Bali, Indonesia Keynote Speaker
2nd International Conference on Family Business and Entrepreneurship (ICFBE) 2018
02–04 May 2018
ES
Barcelona, Spain
International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Business Research (SESB)
17–18 Mar 2018
TR
Kusadasi, Turkey
International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES)
18–21 May 2017
MK
Tetovo, Macedonia
1st International Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE)
17–18 Feb 2017
AE
Dubai, UAE
6th International Conference on New Challenges in Management and Business (NCMB)
11 Feb 2017
ID
Bandung, Indonesia Keynote Speaker
4th International Seminar & Conference on Learning Organization (ISCLO)
25–26 Oct 2016
TR
Bodrum, Turkey
International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES)
19–22 May 2016
AT
Graz, Austria
Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies (REDETE)
22–24 Oct 2015
AE
Dubai, UAE
60th Annual ICSB 2015 World Conference: Entrepreneurship at a Global Crossroads
06–09 Jun 2015
MK
Ohrid, Macedonia
SME Development and Innovation: Building a Competitive Future of South-Eastern Europe
03–04 Oct 2014
BA
Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies
10–13 Apr 2014
TR
Istanbul, Turkey
6th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development
19–21 Jun 2013
FR
Lyon, France
5th E-LAB International Symposium on Family Entrepreneurship: A New Field of Research
05 Jun 2013
BG
Sozopol, Bulgaria
European Entrepreneurship in the Globalizing Economy
03–06 Jun 2012
BA
Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies
27–29 Oct 2011
XK
Prishtina, Kosovo
6th Annual Meeting of Institute Alb-Shkenca
01–04 Sep 2011
MK
Ohrid, Macedonia
4th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development
05–07 May 2011
MK
Tetovo, Macedonia
Human Resource Management Practices of Firms in the Republic of Macedonia
24 Jan 2009
MK
Tetovo, Macedonia Keynote Speaker
Employment vs. Self-employment
Institute Open Society & SEE University
21 Nov 2008
MK
Tetovo, Macedonia
Economic Integration into the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities
SEE University
22–23 Dec 2008
MK
Skopje, Macedonia
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Networks — Cosmo 2008
27–28 Nov 2008
MK
Skopje, Macedonia
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development (European Day of Entrepreneur)
09 May 2008
MK
Skopje, Macedonia Keynote Speaker
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Competition
Institute of Economics
25 Jan 2008
MK
Tetovo, Macedonia
Entrepreneurship: Problems, Dilemmas, and Perspectives
SEE University
24 Nov 2006
06

Projects

Researcher
Developing an Extreme Pedagogy and Entrepreneurship Education for Bangladesh
BRAC University Research Seed Grant Initiative (RSGI), Bangladesh
Dec 2025 – Dec 2026
Team Leader & Key Expert
Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Angels — Driving Force for Private Sector Development
Framework Contract SIEA 2018 LOT 2 — Funded by European Union
Jun 2023 – Dec 2024
Expert / Trainer
EU for Economic Growth (EU4EG)
EU Delegation to North Macedonia & German Federal Ministry (BMWK), All Biz Foundation
Apr 2024 – May 2024
Key Expert
EcoSustain
Faculty of Business and Economics (SEEU) & Ministry of Environment, North Macedonia
Apr 2024 – Aug 2024
Key Expert
Smart Specialization, Innovation and Protection of Intellectual Property for Companies in Manufacturing
Business Innovation Center (SEEU) & Ministry of Economy, North Macedonia
Nov 2023 – Dec 2023
International Research Consultant
International Research Partnership — Publishing Original Scientific Articles (IF Journals)
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jun 2022 – Jun 2024
Trainer
Inclusion of Women from Disadvantaged Groups in Climate-Intelligent Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, Slovak Republic
Oct 2022 – Dec 2023
International Research Consultant
International Research Partnership — Publishing Scientific Articles (Web of Science)
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jul 2022 – Jul 2023
Project Co-Principal Investigator
Emirati Family Business Entrepreneurship Outlook: Evolution and Future Perspectives
United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Apr 2022 – Present
Team Leader & Author of Feasibility Study
Innovative Center for Applied Research and Education (iCARE)
Center for Development of Polog Planning Region / Municipality of Tetovo & SEEU, North Macedonia
Feb 2022 – Jun 2023
Author / Writer
CBA Student Entrepreneurship Hub
College of Business Administration, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Nov 2020
Consultant
Preparation of Project Final Report
College of Administrative Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Sep 2020
Consultant
Project on Data Analysis and Model Optimization and Selection
Consultation and Studies Unit, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Jul 2020
Author & Keynote Speaker
Business Angels: An Alternative Way of Financing Companies
CEED Macedonia, Ministry of Economy & Swiss Embassy, North Macedonia
Feb 2019
Lecturer
Strategic Support of Social Enterprises in Kosovo — EYE Project
LENS NGO & Swiss Development and Cooperation Office (SBC), Kosovo
Sep 2018
Lecturer
Social Entrepreneurship for Youth
AlBiz Foundation, Skopje, Macedonia
Mar 2018
Key Expert
Financial Sustainability of NGOs Through Cooperation with the Business Sector (IPA/EU/AlBiz)
Social Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Macedonia: Concept, Policies, Perspectives
Oct 2016
Expert
New Perspectives of Economic and Social Development in the Republic of Macedonia
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany (Office in Skopje, Macedonia)
Mar 2016 – Dec 2016
Researcher
The Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Restructuring Economies
U.S. State Department — International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
Feb – Mar 2014
Lecturer & Researcher
Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development
TEMPUS Project
Mar 2011 – Dec 2011
Researcher
The Role of Direct Marketing in the Development of SMEs in the Polog Region
SEE University Research Project, Macedonia
Sep 2007 – Jul 2008
07

Professional Development

2024
Istanbul, Türkiye Gathering best practices for business angels development in North Macedonia, supported by the European Union
2018
Aarhus, Denmark Business Academy Aarhus, Entrepreneurship Study Program — sponsored by Ecolog International/ND Group, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014
United States of America The Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Restructuring Economies — U.S. Department of State
2011
Tetovo, Macedonia Workshop on Master Studies — organized by TEMPUS Projects
2011
Brussels, Belgium Vrije University of Brussels — part of TEMPUS Project
2010
Tirana, Albania New Modes of Doctoral Studies Programs — organized by TEMPUS Projects
2005
Tetovo, Macedonia Instructional Support Centre Seminar — SEE University
2005
Ohrid, Macedonia USAID Business Education Seminar
2005
Chișinău, Moldova The Communication Situation as a Pedagogical Tool to Teach Management Course — FNEGE (Fondation Nationale pour l'Enseignement de la Gestion des Enterprises) within RESEGE Program, International Management Institute
2004
Oxford, England Oxford Brooks University
2003
Bucharest, Romania Financial Markets — organized by FNEGE within the RESEGE Program, Faculty of Management
1999
Skopje, Macedonia Total Quality Management — Faculty of Economics in Skopje
08

Awards & Recognitions

2025
Stanford & Elsevier Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in the World — 6th consecutive time (based on 2024 citation data)
2024
Stanford & Elsevier Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in the World — 5th consecutive time (based on 2023 citation data)
2024
Albanian Student Union & Municipality of Arachinovo Recognition for contributing to the development of higher education in North Macedonia
2023
Ministry of Education and Science, North Macedonia Award for Publication in International Scientific Journals with Impact Factor (102,000 MKD / $1,750)
2023
Stanford & Elsevier Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in the World — 4th consecutive time (based on 2022 citation data)
2022
Emerald Group Publishing Award of Excellence 2022 — Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Family Business Management
2022
Stanford & Elsevier Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in the World — 3rd consecutive time (based on 2021 citation data)
2021
Municipality of Chair, Skopje Plaque "Mother Teresa" for scientific achievements in the international arena
2021
Stanford & Elsevier Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in the World — 2nd consecutive time (based on 2020 citation data)
2021
Small Business Institute Best Paper Award — SBI Annual Conference, Clinton, MS, USA, Feb 25–26, 2021
2021
Ministry of Education and Science, North Macedonia Award for Publication in International Scientific Journals with Impact Factor (30,000 MKD / $600)
2021
Emerald Group Publishing Award of Excellence 2021 — Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Family Business Management
2020
Stanford & Elsevier Top 2% Most Cited Scientists in the World — 1st time (based on 2019 citation data)
2020
Emerald Group Publishing Award of Excellence 2020 — Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Family Business Management
2020
Emerald Group Publishing Award of Excellence 2020 — Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Enterprising Communities
2018
Ministry of Education and Science, North Macedonia Award for Participation in International Scientific Conference — SESB, Barcelona, Spain (30,000 MKD / $600)
2016
Emerald Group Publishing Award of Excellence 2016 — Outstanding Paper, Journal of Enterprising Communities
2016
Ministry of Education and Science, North Macedonia Award for Publication in International Scientific Journals with Impact Factor (30,000 MKD / $600)
2015
Ministry of Education and Science, North Macedonia Award for Publication in International Scientific Journals with Impact Factor (30,000 MKD / $600)
2015
Emerald Group Publishing Award of Excellence 2015 — Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Enterprising Communities
2014
South-East European University Staff High-Performance Award — Certificate of Appreciation, Peer Nomination
2013
South-East European University Recognition of Contribution to the Development of the University
09

References

Alain Fayolle
CREA University of Cagliari, Italy
ajc.fayolle@gmail.com
Andrea Caputo
University of Lincoln, UK
acaputo@lincoln.ac.uk
Bruno S. Sergi
Harvard University, USA
bsergi@fas.harvard.edu
Dianne H.B. Welsh
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
dhwelsh@uncg.edu
Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano
University of Valencia, Spain
domingo.ribeiro@uv.es
Frank Hoy
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
hoyfrank6@gmail.com
Léo-Paul Dana
Dalhousie University, Canada
professordana@gmail.com
Mohammad Zainal
Kuwait University, Kuwait
zainal@cba.edu.kw
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Contact

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