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the global, ever growing digital economy. Montenegrin companies must
base their business models on the
users’ excpectations, product improvement, cooperation in innovation and organizational leadership,
which more and more involves data
experts in decision-making process
and organizational learning. These
are only some of the activites towards digitalization of the Montenegrin economy, which needs to be
oriented towards maximizing the
benefits of the digital technologies.
Creating the conditions for the development and optimizing the use
of cloud computing, by businesses
and public sector equally, can also
contribute to the growth of the digital economy. This constatation derives from the statistic data available,
which confirm the multiple benefits
of cloud computing. In 2011, Microsoft conducted a survey, which found that transfer to cloud services
has made a contribution of 40%
rise in income for small and medium enterprises, comparing to those
that haven’t transferred to cloud. In
2012, the EU study found that, for
over 80% of the surveyed companies, transfer to cloud computing means decrease in expenses up to 20%.
Also, the study found that productivity rises up to 40%.
Since changes in the education system can deliver results in approximately 10 year time and not before,
the activities should be focused on
“import” of the ICT experts and workforce. There are examples of some
developed countries which create
the conditions for young educated
people to recognize their chance of
success in working within an environment that has its own advantages, and this is something we can
create in Montenegro. Production of
organic (green) software should be
in focus, because it requires a relatively small investment and produces enormous economic growth and
thus has had its “explosion” in the
market. The creation of the necessary environment includes: adopting
simple procedures to open ICT companies like these, with certain benefits and incentives in the domain of
tax legislation regarding these companies, the provision of sufficient
infrastructure resources (communication and power) and provision
of premises with the necessary facilities. These measures are aimed at
the development of the ICT market
and encouragement of the economic
development of Montenegro in general.
Stimulating environment for the
start-up companies, along with enhancing the development of electronic public procurement, would
create a much favorable business
environment. The start-up companies enhance innovation, as they
are the present and the future of the
digital economy. Their development