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Our Collective Future – Ecology and Tomorrow’s World

A new horizon of the history of mankind opened at the end of the 20th century. Facing the new picture of the world, arising out of the growth of the technological culture, everything has to be thought about from now on, from assumptions of values, through principles of deed, to details of execution. The enormous, […]

Plastic Materials: Markets and Technology by Global Region

The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology is conducting a comprehensive research on “Alternatives for the Advancement of Plastics and Polymer Industries in Israel”. The project includes three main stages: a. Data gathering on the state of the polymer and plastics industry in Israel and abroad from a technological, marketing and […]

Development of Higher Education Systems in the Arab Countries – 1965-1988, the Quantitative Dimension. Report No. 7 (for internal use) Project No. 161

During the 1970’s and the second half of the 1980’s the systems of higher education in the Arab countries underwent several transformations which fundamentally changed it. These transformations are divided into three main categories: (1) quantitative changes; (2) quantitative changes that, in themselves, have qualitative implications; and (3) clear qualitative transformation (a-priori). In this brochure […]

The Impact of Computers on Teaching and Research in Mathematics and Related Subjects

The Neaman Institute/Technion Committee for Mathematics and Computers in the Teaching Schedule was appointed by Prof. B. Silver and Prof Z. Tadmor On 26 January 1989. The objectives of the committee as defined in the appointment letter were: a. To study in depth the scope and contents of the expected and desired mathematical foundations in […]

Computing and Computer Applications in Arab Countries, Report No. 6, Project No. 161

The computing and computer applications in Arab countries, especially in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, have taken a fast development since the 1970s. It is significant in four major fields: arabization of computer software, utilization of computing systems, science and computer engineering education, and a growing number of publications. The fast development is to be […]

The Polymer Industry in Israel and the World: Present Status and Future Prospective

This study is part of an overall study, carried out at the Neaman Institute, on the Future Alternatives of the Plastics and Polymers in Israel. The objectives of the present study are: 1. To review the status of the monomer and polymer manufacturing industries in Israel at the beginning of the 1990s; their interrelation with […]

Business Plan – The College for Entrepreneurship and Export in Tefen

This document provides a detailed description of plans for establishing and operating an entrepreneurship and export college in Tefen. Under discussion is a system for training and educating towards entrepreneurship. Its core will be a training process based on combining project work with teaching know-how in areas relevant to the functioning of the entrepreneur. We […]

The European Common Market in 1992: Positions and Perspectives on the Plastics and Polymer Industry

Due to expected implications considering the unifying of the European market, it was decided to survey attitudes and perceptions among companies in the plastics and polymers industry, that engaged exporting. Our goal was to examine the industry’s awareness of this development, it’s preparation, and learn about the steps needed to accelerate this deployment by the government, industry and […]