The Implications/Reflections of European Economic Integration in Kosovo’s Business Environment Managers’ Attitude towards European Economic Integration Process

Abstract

This research study does seek to investigate and presumably explore managers' prospect and attitude towards the implications/reflections of European economic integration in Kosovo's business environment. In this regard, in order to have rich data twenty-four (24) in-depth semi structured interviews have been conducted with different managers' that currently are working in fourteen (14) variety organizations. This particular research study explicitly argues the importance and relevance of economic integration process in managers' conviction towards creating a wide range of business opportunities as a result of removing the current trade barriers. This comprehensive process does prompt organizations to expand their business scope of activities as well as developing business ties with foreign counterparts that could have direct impact in improving organizations competitive advantage. In addition, even though, this economic process is conceived as great source of creating new opportunities from managers' prospect, the main concern though is whether the current Kosovo's organization does have the intellectual, technical, infrastructural and logistical capacities to embrace this economic process accordingly.

MANAGING SMEs IN A TURBULENT CONTEXT: A CASE STUDY FROM A KOSOVAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY

“…This research demonstrates that Dela-Porta captured the importance of technology and technical knowledge, because they intend to meet the standards integrated at the core of organizational processes (Battilana et al, 2009). So, on various occasions, the sense of investment in transforming a manufacturing interface is externally urged and created (Blakçori, 2014, Wilhelm & Bort, 2013. In this respect, the technical knowledge in this segment is seen to push employees not only to complete their duties quickly, but also to create an internal sophisticated linguistic discourse due to generalizing and institutionalizing particular meaning and rules in production processes (Tsoukas & Chia, 2002).…”

“…Specifically, using the latest technology in modernizing product and service processes is considered to be a demanding necessity in manufacturing organizations that insist on providing a flexible structure and conjoin coordination and interaction among employees and managers (Bocchino, 1993). In essence, technology is the cornerstone of manufacturing efficient functionality (Kirkhaug, 2010;Spinelli et al, 2013), a path of ensuring the automatic processes that reduces cost, and ensures long run of sustainable internal consistency (Blakçori et al, 2014), that continuously concerns the manufacturing sector during production stages that makes this case undoubtedly more valuable (Polites & Karahanna, 2013).…”