Navigating Economic Uncertainty - Vol. 1: Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE), Portugal, June 2024

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Veland Ramadani is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the Faculty of Business and Economics South-East European University North Macedonia. His primary areas of research focus on entrepreneurship family businesses innovation and sustainability. Dr. Ramadani has an extensive body of work to his name having authored or co-authored over 140 research articles 80 book chapters 15 textbooks and 31 edited books. His research contributions are notably featured in prestigious academic journals including the Journal of Business Research Technological Forecasting and Social Change Technology in Society International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research and Review of Managerial Science among others. Furthermore his research influence is underscored by his consistent inclusion among the World's Top 2% of the most influential researchers as determined by Elsevier and Stanford University for the last four consecutive years. Dr. Ramadani has remained actively engaged in various projects including those funded by the European Union and universities in Saudi Arabia Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Additionally he regularly offers consultancy services to private companies. Abdylmenaf Bexheti is a full professor of Public Finance and Macroeconomics at the Faculty of Business and Economics South-East European University Republic of North Macedonia. Dr. Bexheti has published six books as a sole author and several books as co-author more than 65 research papers 55 projects and more than 250 analysis and columns in different newspapers. During the period 19961998 Dr. Bexheti has been firstly a Minister for Development and then a Minister for Transport and Communication in the Government of Republic of Macedonia. He has also been a full member of Macedonian Academy of Science since 2012 and correspondent member of the Academy of Arts and Science of the Republic of Kosovo from 2021. His recent books are Public Finance (2nd edition) Economic Development (special chapter) and Economic Thinking. Hyrije Abazi-Alili is a professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics South-East European University North Macedonia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Staffordshire University UK. She teaches undergraduate postgraduate and doctoral courses in economics and econometrics. She has published in Journal of Business Research International International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change among others. She was an affiliate fellow at CERGE-EI Prague for the period 20142020. Her research interests include economics of innovation ICT entrepreneurship labor market gender social issues etc. with advanced application of econometric models. She authored numerous research articles in highly ranked journals  international conferences and book chapters. She was also engaged as a senior expert in several international projects: EU Projects IPA UNDP RRPP among others. Carmem Leal is an assistant professor and director at the Department of Sociology Economics and Management University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) Portugal. She also serves as a researcher at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD). Her research interests focus on knowledge management and transfer in innovation ecosystems for firms managers or employees. She has published in several management journals and international conferences Carlos Peixeira Marques is an associate professor of Marketing at the Department of Sociology Economics and Management and a researcher at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) Portugal. His research interests focus on the attitudes and behaviors of business stakeholders such as managers employees and consumers. He has published research in management and tourism in Current Issues in Tourism Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing Journal of Destination Marketing and Management International Journal of Wine Business Research International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal among others