45 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.

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