...Tarek Ben Hassen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and dynamics of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the ICT sector in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach The methodology of this research is based on a literature review and information collected through...

... to improve model’s predictive power. Devesh Kumar can be contacted at: devesh.shrma@gmail.com 03 01 2017 28 03 2017 19 04 2017 01 05 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only SME ICT Adoption Cloud computing...

... of the 116 FMEs. The respondents largely attributed this reluctance to use networks to work-life balance issues and misgivings about knowledge misappropriation. In contrast, the focal entrepreneurs strongly attested to the decisive role played by information and communication technology (ICT) in allowing...

... with institutional thinness to isolate the firms. Local competitive advantages are not amplified but rather are dampened by the relative absence of interaction. Research limitations/implications – Most research about innovation in the ICT sector is conducted in the context of developed countries. This paper...

... – This study will be of value to academia, SMEs and key public sector stakeholders in the formulation of policy for ICT development. Conversely, SMEs' ICT usage has also become increasingly driven more broadly by the emergence and usage of e-mail and the Internet as a business tool and its increased...

... to the emerging identification of exogenous factors as being at least as much a factor in determining the use of ICT in rural SMEs as endogenous motivations, skills and resources. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 This exploratory paper uniquely joins the rural and country perspectives...