This article proposes the new concept of societal capture for analyzing informal practices
implemented by political elites in Western Balkan societies. In contrast to the notion of state …

Incremental democratic decline is evident in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but measures of
democracy conceal an uneven subnational distribution of autocratization. So far there has …

This article examines the trust of institutions among internal and external migrant
entrepreneurs in the post-conflict economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing on survey …

This is the first study to measure the size and costs of informal networking, quizzing the
premise that informal networks benefit individuals, households and entrepreneurs. On the …

This chapter reviews the literature on the interaction of formal and informal institutions and
undertakes empirical tests for the validity of claims about the substitutive role of informal …

This article investigates the role of socio-institutional constraints to immigrant
entrepreneurship in post-communist countries of the Balkans. The study focuses on Croatia …

This paper provides insights into the informal economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a
post--conflict transition economy in the Western Balkan region aspiring to became part of the …

This Brief provides a survey of key political, social, and economic issues affecting the
Western Balkans region. Taking a two-pronged conceptual approach focusing on …

This article investigates informal networks of entrepreneurs in Southeast Europe. Informal
networks are defined as based on trust relationships and used for seeking competitive …

The pervasiveness of corruption in Croatia is documented by corruption perception
indicators and surveys, yet there is no comprehensive knowledge about corruption and …