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panies are insensible to the new technologies, and so on.
According to a survey conducted by
Monstat in 2015, the percentage of
the enterprises that have received
orders via Internet is 24.3%, while the percentage of the companies
that have placed orders via Internet is 24.1%. When it comes to the
exchange of electronic information
in procurement management, 31.3%
of the companies regularly exchange
information in procurement management with their suppliers or customers.
Analysis of the products and services that the Montenegrin IT sector
offers at the market shows that the
majority of the companies base their
portfolio on hardware. The software
development and IT services are at
the second place. The fact that companies that mainly deal with hardware employ almost twice as many
people as those engaged in services
or software is particularly interesting.
According to the “IT Industry Barometer” for Southeast Europe for
2016. (SEE ITIB 2016), total of 219
companies are active on Montenegrin market (although there is a
number of 560 companies officially
registered) and majority of them bases their portfolio on hardware. The
software development and services
are at the second place. Software
products and hardware services are
at the third place, and this is a trend
in past three years.
Montenegrin IT sector is largely locally owned (84%), while there is
14% of foreign companies and 2%
of the local representatives of the
foreign companies. About 70% of
domestic companies work with the
international companies at the local market, and only 22% are in the
export business.
According to the survey, in 2016, the
smallest percent of the companies is
involved in procuring the services
for the hardware products (38%),
while the largest percent of the companies deals with hardware products as such (72%). There is an evident
growth comparing to 2014. 88%
companies are not members of the
ICT associations, while 8% companies are members of the Montenegrin
IT cluster. 65.2% have cooperated
with the international clients, which
is 8.8% decline comparing to 2015.
Although import has grown for 8.1%
comparing to 2015, only 26.1% of
these companies export their services, which is the smallest percent
among the countries involved in the
survey. Besides, the survey has found that the majority of the companies in Montenegro are oriented towards the region, when it comes to
developing the export potential.