Economy	Total		Lack of necessary skills	Lack of technology	Expensive technology	Lack of technology / expensive technology	Access to finance	Lack of investment readiness programmes, designed specifically for women-led businesses	Lack of business women networks and information	Competition from incumbents	Others	DK/refuse
B17 What are the major challenges faced when trying to scale up your business?
Economy	N	%	Lack of necessary skills	Lack of technology	Expensive technology	Lack of technology / expensive technology	Access to finance		Lack of business women networks and information	Competition from incumbents	Others	DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2023
Region	1211	100	25	16	34		40	7	5	37	6	7
Albania	200	13	15	12	37		52	8	3	75	2	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	18	22	7	27		57	4	2	63	2	3
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	210	7	51	72	65		36	11	4	4	0	0
North Macedonia	200	11	16	7	23		41	7	5	56	6	2
Montenegro	200	5	13	8	20		41	6	3	31	6	10
Serbia	201	45	28	15	34		31	7	8	16	10	13
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region	1203	100	20			32	50			47	8
Albania	200	13	11			24	58			45	39
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200	18	19			33	45			52	2
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	200	7	57			63	81			22	3
North Macedonia	202	11	10			22	50			57	10
Montenegro	200	5	13			15	63			39	3
Serbia	201	45	20			33	44			48	1
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region	173	100	7			18	46			22	7	0
Albania	55	32	6			20	51			15	9	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	17	9			21	42			23	6	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a			n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	28	16	12			21	56			5	7	1
North Macedonia	16	9	7			14	36			36	8	0
Montenegro	32	18	7			13	44			25	13	0
Serbia	12	7	1			18	47			31	4	0