This thesis aims to contribute to the study of religion, religious communities, religious leadership, and interfaith harmony in Albania, as key factors in building a moderate and inclusive society by fostering and promoting ...

This thesis aims to enhance transitional justice studies with a focus on the Balkan peninsula, by providing a comparative analysis of the extent of transitional justice mechanisms in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. ...

The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) is critical for banks' solvency and protection against unforeseen occurrences that may emerge as a result of their operations. The capital adequacy ratio is one of the metrics used to assess ...

ABSTRACT Citizen participation is an opportunity given to individuals to influence public decisions and known as component of the democratic decision-making process due to positive effect on the quality of democracy. In ...

The aim of this thesis is to indentify and estimate the impact of firm-specific variables in export propensity and export performance in small and medium enterpises (SMEs) of Central and Eastern European countries, including ...

The main purpose of this thesis is to shed light on the issues of children exploitation as being one of the most vulnerable groups in Albania. The phenomenon first appeared in the 1990s after the collapse of the communist ...

Recent devastating earthquakes in Albania have shown the inadequate seismic performance of existing building stock. In Albania, template designs developed by the General Directorate of Construction Affairs are used for ...

Organizational ambidexterity refers to a firm’s ability to balance both exploitation and exploration activities. While explaining the equilibrium between exploitation and exploration activities in organizational ambidexterity ...

Cloud computing have become part of our daily lives. They offer a dynamic environment for costumers to store and access their data at any time in any location. The developments of social networks have led to the necessity ...

A novel nature-inspired algorithm called the Dynamic Virtual Bats Algorithm (DVBA) is presented in this thesis. DVBA is inspired by a bat’s ability to manipulate frequency and wavelength of the emitted sound waves when ...