awards & recognitions

2023 – Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of North Macedonia Award for publication in international scientific journals with impact factor for the papers: “Empowering Islamic boarding schools by applying the humane entrepreneurship approach: The case of Indonesia”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 1580-1604 (IF: 5.5); “Social media and consumer buying behaviour decision: What entrepreneurs should know?”, Management Decision, Vol. 59 No. 6, pp. 1249-1270. (IF: 4.6); and “Success factors and challenges of grassroots innovations: Learning from failure”, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol.164, No.3, pp.119600 (IF: 12.0). (102.000 MKD/1.750USD).

2022 – Emerald Group Publishing – Journal of Family Business Management, Award of Excellence 2022 – Outstanding Reviewer.

2022 – Ranked in the TOP 2% of the most cited scientists in the world in 2021. The results are published in “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”. Available at: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3. This list is based on 2021 citation data.

2021 – Municipality of Chair, Skopje, North Macedonia, Plaque “Mother Teresa” for scientific achievements in the international arena.

2021 – Ranked in the TOP 2% of the most cited scientists in the world in 2020. The results are published in “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”. Available at: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3. This list is based on 2020 citation data.

2021 – Small Business Institute, Best Paper Award for the paper by Dianne Welsh, Sucheta Agarwal, Veland Ramadani, Vivek Agrawal and Jitendra Kumar Dixit (2021), “Modelling Factors Affecting Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Integrated ISM-MICMAC Approach”. Small Business Institute Annual Conference (SBI 2021), Clinton, MS, USA, Feb 25-26, 2021.

2021 – Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of North Macedonia, Award for publication in international scientific journals with impact factor for the paper: “Entrepreneurial marketing dimensions and SME performance”, Journal of Business Research, Vol.100, No.7, pp.86-99 (30.000 MKD/600USD).

2021 – Emerald Group Publishing – Journal of Family Business Management, Award of Excellence 2021 – Outstanding Reviewer.

2020 – Ranked in the TOP 2% of the most cited scientists in the world in 2019 (TOP 4% in the Business and Management Category). The results are published in “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”. Available at: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2. This list is based on 2019 citation data.

2020 – Emerald Group Publishing – Journal of Family Business Management, Award of Excellence 2020 – Outstanding Reviewer.

2020 – Emerald Group Publishing – Journal of Enterprising Communities, Award of Excellence 2020 – Outstanding Reviewer.

2018 – Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia, Award for participation in an international scientific conference with the following paper: “Social Entrepreneurship in an Islamic Context”, presented in the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Business Research (SESB), March 17-18, Barcelona, Spain (30.000 MKD/600USD).

2016 – Emerald Group Publishing – Journal of Enterprising Communities, Award of Excellence 2016 -Outstanding Paper (http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?year=2016&journal=jec)

2016 – Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia, Award for publication in international scientific journals with impact factor for the paper: “The Woman Entrepreneur in Albania: An Exploratory Study on Motivation, Problems, and Success Factors”, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol.17, No. 2, 204-221 (30.000 MKD/600USD).

2015 – Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia, Award for publication in international scientific journals with impact factor, for the paper: “Innovation and Economic Development – The Case of FYR of Macedonia”, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol.15, No. 3, pp. 325-346 (30.000 MKD/600USD).

2015 – Emerald Group Publishing – Journal of Enterprising Communities, Award of Excellence 2015 – Outstanding Reviewer

2014 – South-East European University, Macedonia – Certificate of Appreciation, Staff High-Performance Award – Peer Nomination

2013 – South-East European University, Macedonia – Recognition of the Contribution to the Development of the University