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Uprising
Reading Time: 2 minutes October 17: Protesters set fire in Downtown on Thursday on the first day of the revolts. October 18: Demonstrations continued with protestors closing roads in downtown....
View ArticleA perspective on the solutions offered in last-ditch efforts of old government
Reading Time: 8 minutes The government’s economic rescue plan has been rendered theoretical.The political context of its presentation reveals real dimension of governance failings in the past two...
View ArticleReimagining an alternative Lebanon
Reading Time: 3 minutes The unthinkable has finally happened. A stubborn sectarian system, undergirded by a peculiar postwar political economy, and sustained by institutional and disciplinary practices...
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Quotes
Reading Time: 6 minutes What are the next steps for Lebanon? Between now and year’s end, what do you propose stakeholders in your field should be doing? “Lebanon should, at long last, find its...
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Entrepreneurship in times of systemic change
Reading Time: 9 minutes October 2019 events have hallmarks of systemic shocks.Risks are unfathomable and early economic impact evaluations are necessarily inadequate. The future may depend on...
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Technology and agriculture meet in Agrytech
Reading Time: 8 minutes There is a need for innovation and R&D in the agro-industry sector in Lebanon and the region. Agrytech, a program by Berytech focusing on innovations in agriculture, was...
View ArticleHoumal Technology Park
Reading Time: 5 minutes Houmal Technology Park (HTP) can be an example of tech manufacture and fruitful entrepreneurialism.Export orientation of tech companies can be realized independently from the...
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Lebanon needs fintech regulation to keep up with regional growth
Reading Time: 6 minutes Lacking regulation or access to licensing, fintech in Lebanon proves challenging.While there are fintech-adjacent paths entrepreneurs can pursue, these require partnering with...
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New programs offer business, financial help to entrepreneurs
Reading Time: 9 minutes New accelerator, incubator, and grant programs for startups demonstrate a nichificiation of the ecosystem.Many entrepreneurs rely on these programs for financial support and...
View ArticleLebanese entrepreneurship requires a robust regulatory framework
Reading Time: 3 minutes Regulation is key for the success of entrepreneurship initiatives.Tax breaks, a regulatory sandbox, and access to finance will aid investment in small and early stage startups...
View ArticleLessons from the American entrepreneurship ecosystem
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fostering a supportive culture is key for entrepreneurship.The government needs to create policies that enable entrepreneurship, such as tax incentives and intellectual property...
View ArticleKeep the spirit of this revolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes Constitutions are serious stuff. The one that I grew up under is known as the Grundgesetz—the fundamental law of Germany. In its first line, this constitution declares that the...
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A roadmap to recovery
Reading Time: 27 minutes There is one question on everyone’s mind: Is there still a way out of the current crisis or are we going to fall into an abyss with an intense deterioration of all economic...
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No more lies
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s only during crisis that truth comes to light. As everyone scrambles into new positions, reality is revealed. Each time the Lebanese equation changes, players let their...
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Lebanon’s hotels facing a bleak last quarter
Reading Time: 5 minutes During the winter holiday period hotels are typically full of life, from locals dining at the in-house food and beverage outlets, to tourists checking in to their rooms at the...
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Lebanon’s F&B operators face an economic crisis and low tourism
Reading Time: 7 minutes The once mighty food and beverage (F&B) sector is today falling under the weight of the current economic crisis—the dollar shortage, increased cost of living due to exchange...
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Lebanon needs concrete steps to tackle corruption to restore confidence
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trust in politicians and governments is usually a result of a successful performance, but it is also—perhaps more significantly—an ingredient for success. Without it, citizens...
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Executive’s “Quote of the Month” throughout 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes JANUARY “It’s different from Washington and London, we should maybe teach them how to run a country without a budget.”Then-caretaker foreign minister, Gebran Bassil, answering a...
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Executive’s roundtable initiative
Reading Time: 3 minutes When darkness and despair are the first two options on the menu for your country, followed by austerity and depression as the plat de jour proposals, nothing is more appropriate...
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The madness of clowning around in an economic tornado
Reading Time: 8 minutes Two months after a blundering collage of new budgetary revenue measures drove people into a unified and spontaneous civil uprising, the state of Lebanon remains an unresolved...
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