NOVEMBER 2014
EDITORIAL
LEADERS
In praise of chaos
Entrepreneurs are using Lebanon’s lack of formal structures to their advantage
Executive Editors
End the boys’ club
Women are vastly underrepresented in Lebanon’s tech startups, and that’s bad for growth
Executive Editors
The root of good
Humanitarian agencies desperately need money; the international community must step up
Executive Editors
ECONOMICS & POLICY
The new lens
The Arsal crisis is reshaping how Lebanon views the refugee influx, and what to do about it
Nadia Massih
Easily evicted
Ousted from their homes in Syria, many refugees struggle to find adequate accommodations
Jeremy Arbid
High and dry
Syrian refugees have been severely affected by the water shortages
Maya Gebeily and James Haines Young
A clearer vision
Erbil is neither Dubai nor Fallujah for potential investors
Maya Gebeily and James Haines Young
Widening the confidence interval
Strengthening Lebanon’s statistical base is a challenging affair
Jeremy Arbid
A matter of perspective
Maral Tutelian speaks to Executive on the use and abuse of statistics in Lebanon
Jeremy Arbid
SPECIAL REPORT: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Preparing for takeoff
Lebanon’s startup ecosystem has made big gains in recent years, yet questions remain about the future
Livia Murray
Beyond the tech sector
Fostering entrepreneurship in budding non-tech sectors could create jobs and boost Lebanon’s economy
Livia Murray
Focusing on the foundation
Lebanese startups should address local problems, not imitate global trends
Paul Orlando
The Top 20
Lebanon’s best entrepreneurial companies in science and technology
Livia Murray and Thomas Schellen
How we chose the Top 20
The method behind this year’s list of science and tech entrepreneurs
Livia Murray and Thomas Schellen
BUSINESS
SPECIAL REPORT: AUTOMOTIVE
Between a rock and a hard dollar
making sense of USD rates and central bank circulars
Diala Ghalayini
Running on empty
Q&A with Antoine Boukather, president of the Automobile Importers Association of Lebanon
Paul Cochrane
BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
LAST WORD
In search of gas
As Lebanon creeps towards producing natural gas, Japan begins looking for new energy sources
Seiichi Otsuka