Industrial Policies for Technological Upgrading in Western Balkan Countries

Fadil Sahiti is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo. His research interests are in the area of firm capability building and technology upgrading, exploring industrial policy issues that enable or constrain the emergence of innovative firms in less developed economies.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Literature and analytical framework.- 3. Capability building and technology upgrading in Western Balkan economies.- 4. Policies for technology upgrading in the Western Balkan economies.- 5. New industrial policy approach.- 6. The economic context of the Western Balkans and some basic economic indicators.- 7. Physical and human capacities.- 8. The role of resources and organizational capabilities.