About

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, 12 textbooks, and 28 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, Review of Managerial Science, among others.

He received the Award for Excellence in 2016 for an Outstanding Paper published by Emerald Group Publishing, a testament to his outstanding contributions to the field.

In addition to his research, Dr. Ramadani has been invited as a keynote speaker at numerous international conferences and as a guest lecturer at President University (Indonesia), Telkom University (Indonesia), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal), and Universum International – UNI (Kosovo).

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.

Between 2017 and 2021, Dr. Ramadani served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Development Bank of North Macedonia, where he also took on the role of Chief Operating Officer for 10 months.

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 has offered consultancy services to private companies.