This project deals with the contribution of the large companies to the industrial and technological economy, in order to examine whether the existence of the large companies is essential to the industrial-business ecosystem. Related activities began in 2012, and continued in 2013 in cooperation with the economists Dr. Freeman and Yuval Niv. An additional partner in the project is Teva, which helps with the data required to assess its total contribution to the state’s economy.

The study consists of three circles of contribution:

The first circle: displaying the direct contribution to the national economy.

The second circle: calculating the multipliers of indirect and total economic contribution.

The third circle: analysis and attempt to build tools to assess the contribution, applying parameters that are not directly economically measurable (soft parameters).