Policy recommendations for treatment of packaging waste in Israel
The purpose of this document, written by the Energy and Environment Team at the Samuel Neaman institute, with support from ‘Kivun’ and the Natural Resource and Environment Research Center at the University of Haifa, is to suggest a comprehensive policy framework for the prevention and treatment of packaging waste in Israel. The policy recommendations are […]
Higher education policy in Israel – accessibility, quality and excellence with limited resources
This study deals with a broad range of topics related to the higher education system in Israel. It describes past developments, discusses present issues, indicates necessary changes in the future and proposes some policy guidelines. The following main subjects are discussed: Introduction – the higher education system in Israel, global aspects. Higher education accessibility – issues and […]
Terrorism Risk and their impact on tourism
Tourism is very sensitive to the occurrence of terror despite the extremely low probability of getting hurt in acts of terror. The study suggests that the high sensitivity of tourists to the occurrence of terror is due to substitution among tourist destinations rather than risk aversion. This conclusion is based on an empirical structural model […]
Is Job Stability at the Beginning of One’s Career Good for Job Stability Later On?
Most mobility takes place at the outset of an individual’s occupational career. Individuals need this mobility to learn the market conditions and find posts that maximize the alignment of their credentials and their wages. We regard the Intifada that triggered a deep recession in 2001-2003 and dampened labor demand in all industries other than guards […]
Funding of Higher Education
The monograph examines and evaluates the funding of the higher education and basic research in Israel, from the early 70’s up until today. It focuses on the various modes of funding from public and other sources, and describes the total amounts; the methodology and future modes of operation.
Evaluation of the Space Industry’s Impact on the Israeli Economy
This project was operating under the auspices of the Samuel Neaman Institute and the Economics of National Security (ENS) Program. Its goal was to map the interconnections between Israel’s academy, its national defense system and the industry in light of the country’s growth and position in space industry and in space technology. In the framework […]
VC Policy: Moving from a Financial Perspective towards a Systemic and Evolutionary Framework (STE-WP-42)
Many VC policies in Europe up to and including the 1990s took a ‘static’ financial view of VC that focused on bridging financial gaps rather than creating of a new mechanism to assure the emergence of higher forms of organization, such as a cluster or a market. Following the weak impact of some of these […]
Adaptation Processes and Consumer Behavior Under Uncertainty Security Conditions
Towards the end of the fall of 2000, terrorism began to strike the State of Israel again. It upset everyday life and prevented normal routine. However, according to Kirschenbaum (2005), if a society does not adopt a “survival strategy” it is likely to fall apart without its having the ability to rehabilitate itself in the […]
Evaluation of the Space Industry’s Impact on the Israeli Economy
The publication includes 4 reports from the first phase of a project, which was conducted under the auspices of the Samuel Neaman Institute in the framework of the “Economics of National Security” (ENS) Research Program and was partly funded by the Ministry of Defense. The purpose of the project is to map out the interconnections […]
Israel 2028 – Vision and Strategy for Economy and Society in a Global World
This project was initiated and supported by the US Israel Commission of Science and Technology (USISTC). It was managed by a public committee, and carried out over 2 years by some 60 researchers and a significant portion of it was done at the Samuel Neaman Institute. The report was submitted to the Prime Minister who […]
