No. 01-2018
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2024-03-29T02:02:45ZSome Corporate Governance specifications in economies in transition
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Some Corporate Governance specifications in economies in transition
Mustafa, Saxhide
According to the principles and standards of market economies and based on OECD principles, Corporate Governance should ensure the growth of the value of companies' assets. Besides, it should provide a balanced representation of stakeholders' interests, first of all, to owners, management, and employees. One of the key problems that newly created private enterprises and enterprises created through privatization is their incorporation or the creation of modern corporate governance structures which, as discussed in this paper, are of primary importance for the growth of these companies, for their sustainability, for access to capital and for their investment attractiveness. Achieving these standards in transition economies is proving to be quite problematic, especially in the Eastern and Southeast Europe. Theoretical discussions and empirical research largely conclude that the problems are not so much associated with the legal framework as much as they are concerned with their implementation, especially with the institutional environment and the problems that these countries have with law enforcement and corruption. This paper provides an overview of theoretical discussions on specific corporate governance issues in these countries and then based on the secondary resources and empirical studies in Kosovo's case, a brief comparative analysis of developments in this area in Croatia, Bulgaria, and Kosovo. The conclusions drawn from this analysis appear to be in line with theoretical discussions.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Administrative System of Cities in Kosovo during the XVI-XVIII centuries
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The Administrative System of Cities in Kosovo during the XVI-XVIII centuries
Ahmeti, Isuf
The period from the 16th to the early 18th century marks a new stage with new historical conditions and circumstances for the Albanians. The Albanian society had lost a significant part of the human vital forces and had been stripped to some extent by the craftsmen, traders, and cultural ones. On the other hand, the new economic and political phenomena that originated and acted after the Ottoman conquest, such as the generalization of the timar regime as units with separate natural economies, the ongoing wars and military expeditions to strengthen Ottoman power, the putting into service of the enemy and the Albanian feudal lords, the great political-administrative fragmentation, etc., became the main causes that slowed the pace of the country's economic, social and cultural development, which influenced the slowdown in the dynamics of different aspects of life.
Archival research on writing this study also focuses on funds of Oriental, Cyrillic and Latin manuscripts stored in the libraries of Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia etc. The study analysis is also based on archival research of oriental funds in Pristina, Sarajevo, and Skopje. However, first-hand sources for drafting this paper remain the ones that have been researched in Turkey's archives, especially in Istanbul and Ankara. In the context of this scientific research, a special interest is also the confrontation of the historical theses of Albanian historiography with Serbian historiography.
The work of this research suggests that it offers rich source material. It deals with a chronology and approach to the use of contemporary scientific-methodological techniques.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZThe (non) consolidation of Kosovo’s statehood: The Brussels dialogue ten years after Kosovo’s independence
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The (non) consolidation of Kosovo’s statehood: The Brussels dialogue ten years after Kosovo’s independence
Osmanaj, Egzon
The Kosovo-Serbia dialogue is one of the most important processes that the Republic of Kosovo has been engaged since its independence in 2008. However, from the beginning, the so-called Brussels dialogue has been characterized by the lack of transparency, dishonesty, and ambiguity. This article concentrates on the effect of the Brussels dialogue on the consolidation of Kosovo’s statehood. The article reveals that the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has damaged Kosovo’s statehood internally and weakened it externally. While in the domestic aspect, the agreements reached in the dialogue have posed a serious challenge for Kosovo’s political and judicial systems, in the international arena, the dialogue has been an obstruction to Kosovo’s efforts to consolidate its position in the international relations. The Brussels dialogue is rather unique and unprecedented for the state consolidation literature in the sense that a democratic and sovereign state interferes, with the support of all international actors, in the internal affairs and organization of another democratic and sovereign country. This article also shows the EU’s impotence as a mediator in this process.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZSpider Diplomacy as a complementary explanation of the new international circumstances
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Spider Diplomacy as a complementary explanation of the new international circumstances
Gashi, Bejtush; Kuçi, Gurakuç
The new century with the dynamics of international relations has challenged theories, as it called Popper ‘strict universality’ and the need for ‘numerical universality' theoretical explanations. In the twentieth century, theories of international relations developed, but these theories are in the battle with explanation changes rather than expanding the theoretical framework. The need for new explanations doesn’t reject old theories, only requires their axioms to be more inter-theoretical and with new variables that explain the course of the deliberate actions of state actors to the intended purpose. So this theoretical change and the acquisition of some realistic axioms, by adding inter-theoretic variables (pragmatism, foreign policy analysis, offensive realism, and defensive realism), sends us to a theorization we have called “spider diplomacy”.
Almond in the 1960s considered that “with the decline of the norms and traditions of political sciences, the need for political theory and theories has increased”, where we find the same situation today for explaining the new geopolitical and geostrategic circumstances. Therefore, these circumstances we try to explain, through “spider diplomacy” as a hybrid theory for empirical, inductive, probable and testable studies based on three initiatives of international subjects (from state actors to non-state actors, from state actors to other actors’ state, and mix).
In this research, we have analyzed the causes and the chronology of a diplomatic network, the wild stretch that Russia is trying to make today and Serbia in the new state of Kosovo. But for the illustration, we have taken another example from the past. One of Israel's wars with Arab countries. We have found verifiable, pragmatic and analytical results that prove the "spider diplomacy" scheme is needed.
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