Fadil Sahiti
Professor
Fadil Sahiti
Professor
Bio
Professor Fadil Sahiti is a researcher in the field of management, with research interests centred on industrial development, technological capabilities, and governance innovation. His work explores the processes of industrial upgrading and economic transformation in transitional and developing economies, with a particular focus on the Western Balkans.
He has examined the interconnections between firm-level capabilities, institutional settings, and policy environments that influence patterns of industrial growth and competitiveness. Drawing on perspectives from management studies, development economics, and innovation policy, Professor Sahiti seeks to contribute to governance approaches that can support more inclusive and sustainable forms of industrial development.
He is committed to contributing both to academic debates and to the design of practical policy interventions. To this end, he collaborates with regional governments, international organisations, and industry actors. A strong advocate for academic mentorship, he takes particular interest in supporting emerging researchers and practitioners whose work aims to bridge theory and practice.
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Books and Chapters:
• Sahiti, F. (2024). ‘Industrial Policies for Technological Upgrading in Western Balkan Countries: Economic Growth and Development’, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783031514289
• Sahiti, F. (2024). ‘Economic policies and entrepreneurial activity in transition economies from the institutional perspective as evidenced by Kosovo and North Macedonia’. Chapter 3 Public Policies in Transition Economies: An Institutional Perspective, Routledge. ISBN 9781032546056
• Sahiti, F. (2019). ‘The growth of firms in less developed countries: lessons learned from Kosovo, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-14821-8
• Sahiti, F. (2021). ‘Grremçat e atdheut’, Dukagjini Publishing House, ISBN 978-9789951623-
23-0.
• Sahiti, F (2025). Building Industrial Technological Base in Developing Countries. Springer, Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming.
Research papers:
• Radosevic, S., & Sahiti, F. (2025). Capability morphology and firm growth in middle-income economies: evidence from Kosovo’s manufacturing sector. Post-Communist Economies, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2025.2510605
• Sahiti, F. (2023). Unleashing entrepreneurial potential in transition economies: a comparative analysis of the impact of macro and micro policies. European Journal of Government and Economics, 12(2), 119-138.
• Sahiti, F. (2022). Manufacturing firms and entrepreneurial dynamics in less developed economies: Kosovo in comparative perspective’, Int. J. Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Vol. 14, Nos. 1/2, pp.108–133.
• Sahiti, F. (2021). "Institutions and entrepreneurial activity: a comparative analysis of Kosovo and other economies", Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 98119.
• Esteve-Pérez, S. and Sahiti, F. (2019). “New firm survival in developing countries. Evidence from Kosovo”, The developing Economies, Volume57, 3, pp. 257-273.
• Sahiti, F. (2018). “Do social conditions matter for emergence of innovative firms? The case of Kosovo”, Int. J. Innovation and Regional Development, Vol.8 No.1, pp. 75 - 101.