Abstract
AbstractThe software industry is strongly influenced by knowledge and innovation. The ability to develop new solutions and services is considered essential to firm survival and growth. The innovation process, being long and costly, relies heavily on interorganizational relations and the interaction between different types of actors (e.g., intermediary support organizations, universities, R&D centers) that can advance knowledge transfer and innovation. Consequently, innovation is seen as an open and interactive process. Many researches related to economic geography have demonstrated that the different types of proximity can be an important tool to facilitate interactions and knowledge exchange. The Information and communication technology (ICT) sector is recognized as a key driving force for Lebanon’s economy. It is a fast growing sector with an estimated market size of USD 436.2 million in 2016. Furthermore, Lebanon is emerging as a leading exporter of software development and services in the region. The ...
Highlights
The Information and communication technology (ICT) sector is recognized as a key driving force for Lebanon’s economy
Government is still weak and this is manly related to the complexity of the political and social system in Lebanon
The research began with a preliminary stage in which we reviewed the literature on the Lebanese software sector, mainly with written documents, websites, newspapers, etc
Summary
The ICT sector is recognized as a key driving force for Lebanon’s economy. It is a fast growing sector with an estimated market size of USD 436.2 million in 2016. The results of the Lebanese Innovation Survey concerning ICTs indicate a very dynamic portion of the entrepreneurial activities, with a strong export orientation, including Gulf countries, and a rather young personnel (Hadhri et al, 2016). The leader positions himself as “Pivot” or as “Gravity Center” of his company. Reactive, he focuses on the internal rather than the external. For Bejjani (2012), this performance can be explicated by a well-educated and multilingual workforce; a reputation for individualism and sense of opportunity coupled with a strong family and social support system. Ahmed and Julian (2012), acknowledge that the Lebanese strong family and social support structures have allowed entrepreneurship through opening up informal funds and signal that family business structures can discourage risk taking, restrain risk-taking and business creativity and innovations
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