In search of a cure
Erez Vigodman, the new CEO of Teva, Israel’s Premier global company, has to work fast to pull the conglomerate out of crisis.
Law against plastic bags? You are populists
New law proposals are trying to prohibit the use of plastic bags, but the truth is that this is a small percentage of the total packaging waste and there are more pressing issues in the field of environment in Israel.
When you put the bleaching detergents next to the cereals
No need to call the exterminator to get exposed to toxins. They are in the closet, in the grocery store and at the kindergarten. The writing has long been on the wall, we just need someone to read it.
Today in iNNOVEX2014: High-Tech: It’s more important to know how to ask the right questions
Physics Nobel laureate Richard Feynman once said “It is more important to ask questions that have no answer, than to know answers that cannot be questioned.”
Research reports, such as those recently made at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion, raise questions whether Israel’s growth engine in the past two decades, the Hi-Tech industry, has begun to falter. That is why we decided to engage in this important subject on Israel’s international innovation conference iNNOVEX2014 which will be held on January 29th this year. At the conference we will try to provide solutions to questions that are critical to our future.
Can Generation Y Save the Israel?
Disillusioned with capitalism, Israel’s millenials seek peace and a new world order.
Why do we need scientists if we don’t listen to them?
The government raises the price of public transport and the milk carton despite of what the researchers recommend. In Europe, on contrary, a huge budget is allocated to environmental studies through Horizon 2020.
Visionary optimist – Dov Lautman 1936-2013
INDUSTRIALIST DOV LAUTMAN died November 23 following a decade-long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He was 77. He is survived by his son, Noam, and three grandchildren.
How will the Israeli gas flow?
The state seeks to promote the establishment of two land-based facilities to absorb the gas, but residents of the selected location for the facilities object due to safety and environmental considerations. It seems that the establishment of a floating rig in the sea may solve the problem.
Realization of opportunities in natural gas
In a situation where the cost of conversion to gas is not financially possible for many companies in the economy, and when there is a source of supply risk, there is need to organize the construction of infrastructure in high urgency and to seek ways to expedite the realization of the potential at lower risk.
Core infrastructure for the industry
A policy of designing industrial clusters, which provide core infrastructure for designated industrial sectors is implemented very successfully in recent years in many countries as inspired by the management guru Michael Porter. It works well for Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and other countries.? It’s time to plan smart infrastructure for the industry in Israel.
