Fadil Sahiti - Featured Faculty 2023

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Fadil Sahiti

International Campuses

Fadil Sahiti is a faculty member in RIT Kosovo. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Management and Entrepreneurship from Birkbeck, University of London. Before joining RIT Kosovo in 2016, for five years worked as an Associate Lecturer and Tutor for prestigious educational institutions in the UK such as Birkbeck, London School of Economics, University College London, and Hult Business School.

Research interests include the fields of entrepreneurship and management, particularly in the exploration of factors that influence technological and innovative changes of manufacturing firms in less developed economies, with special emphasis on Western Balkan countries. He does research mainly from a 'creative destruction' perspective, particularly in exploring issues of growth and structural change of manufacturing firms through innovation systems, entrepreneurship, and innovation policy approaches. A particular area of research interest is industrial policy to promote the development of industrial technology, as a premise for sustainable economic growth in developing economies.

Some of his recent research publications include:

Book 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 in Public Policies in Transition Economies: An Institutional Perspective, Routledge. ISBN 9781032546056

Research papers:

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.

Fadil Sahiti
Assistant Professor
RIT Kosovo