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The dynamism of competition in international markets requires managers to react accordingly and ensure the firm's survival and competitiveness. This study examines the impact of cognitive styles and dynamic managerial capabilities (DMC) on a firm's international performance and the mediating role of these capabilities in the relationship between cognitive styles and international performance.

This study adopts a quantitative cross-sectional research design, employing a sample of 306 firm owner-managers from exporting companies in Kosovo.

The findings suggest that managers' cognitive styles positively influence firm international performance, including their impact on DMC. Results also indicate that only managerial cognition mediates cognitive styles' effects on a firm's international performance, compared to managers' social capital.

In this study, the authors contribute to the literature by integrating cognitive styles with DMC in a transition country. Moreover, the authors demonstrate that DMC mediate the impact of cognitive styles on the firm international performance.

This study aims to examine the impact of regulatory, normative and cultural cognitive institutions and firm and individual factors on entrepreneurial behavior.

Using the quantitative research method, the authors collected data from 316 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Kosovo, a transition economy, through a cross-sectional research design. The authors performed exploratory factor analyses, correlation and regression analyses on the data using SPSS 26 and STATA software.

The research findings indicate that, within transition economies, normative and cultural-cognitive institutions have a positive impact on entrepreneurial behaviors. The authors could not determine the effect of regulatory institutions on entrepreneurial behavior. The authors also discovered that young firms are more inclined toward entrepreneurial behavior than older firms, and micro firms display a stronger entrepreneurial behavior than small firms. Furthermore, family businesses showed a greater tendency for entrepreneurial behavior than nonfamily firms. Interestingly, when the rational decision-making interacts with regulatory institutions, the effect on entrepreneurial behavior is negative.

This study employed a cross-sectional approach to investigate the influence of macro, meso, and micro-level factors on entrepreneurial behavior within a transitioning community across three industries. Future studies could replicate these findings within comparable institutional contexts, employing longitudinal studies that include additional variables beyond those considered in our present study.

Considering the importance of MSMEs for a country’s economic and sustainable development, the authors provide some policy implications. The authors recommend managers carefully evaluate the information gathered while they decide and also increase their capabilities concerning digitalization, which is crucial for their firm’s survival, growth and sustainable competitive advantage.

This paper contributes to the literature and shows and analyses entrepreneurial behavior at institutional (macro), firm-level factors (meso) and managers' rational decision-making (micro), providing evidence from a transition community.

The purpose of this research is to explore the relationships between entrepreneurial engagement and their impact on happiness and well-being. By exploring deeper into these relationships, this study seeks to move beyond traditional perspectives on entrepreneurship and uncover new insights.

Primary data collection through an online questionnaire across diverse social media platforms investigates the relationships among entrepreneurial engagement, well-being and happiness. It also examines the moderation effects of work–life balance and financial stability on these relationships.

This study reveals a positive association between entrepreneurship, well-being and happiness. Financial stability positively correlates with entrepreneurship, whereas work–life balance moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial engagement, well-being and happiness.

The cross-sectional design limits causal inference, and the reliance on self-reported data may introduce biases. Future longitudinal research could offer a more comprehensive understanding of these processes over time.

This study provides new insights into the impact of entrepreneurship on well-being and happiness, offering practical recommendations for the business community. It highlights the importance of work–life balance and financial stability in entrepreneurial success.

The research underscores the societal impact of supporting entrepreneurship, suggesting that policymakers and community leaders can use these findings to create supportive environments that enhance well-being and happiness through entrepreneurial engagement.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study includes the first research that has analysed the impact of entrepreneurship on well-being and happiness in the Republic of Kosovo.