National Environmental Priorities, Position Paper X: Innovative agricultural technology industry in Israel, 2016
This National Priorities document, the tenth to be published, summarizes updated knowledge and brings the subject of Agricultural Technologies (Agrotech) to the public agenda. The world is currently facing complex environmental challenges, partly as a result of growing population along with the outcomes of climate change and include water and air pollution challenges, soil degradation […]
Promoting R&D and Innovation in the Israeli Periphery – Final report
The study, commissioned by the Israel National Council for Research and Development (MOLMOP) at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, was aimed at providing decision makers with an updated account of the innovation and R&D activities in Israel’s peripheral areas. The study, completed in 2016, identified the potential of Israel’s peripheral areas to stimulate […]
The Carob Tree – A Radical Evolutionary Systemic Solution to the Pension Crisis (English)
The Challenge Israel’s elderly poverty problem is among the worst in OECD nations. One in every five persons 65 and over (totaling 185,000 persons) is poor. Many are Holocaust survivors. For them time is rapidly running out, as 1,000 of them die each month. The National Insurance Institute’s reserve fund, managed by the Bank of […]
The Carob Tree – A Radical Evolutionary Systemic Solution to the Pension Crisis (Hebrew)
The Challenge Israel’s elderly poverty problem is among the worst in OECD nations. One in every five persons 65 and over (totaling 185,000 persons) is poor. Many are Holocaust survivors. For them time is rapidly running out, as 1,000 of them die each month. The National Insurance Institute’s reserve fund, managed by the Bank of […]
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – Update and policy recommendations for leveraging Israeli R&D and industry
This paper consists of an update of global trends in the renewable energy sector. Our aim is to map the business opportunities, identify the barriers and promote solutions by supporting policy tools and other industry related approaches. After the global economic crisis in 2008-2009 the renewable industry experience growth, both in R&D and in installations. Most […]
Innovation of Foreign R&D Centres in Israel: Evidence from Patent and Firm Level Data
The research investigated the impact of multinational companies (MNCs) on the Israeli economy in terms of demand for innovation. The research focused on two main impacts: the positive externalities to the national economy stemming from the activity of foreign R&D centres in Israel and the potential loss to the economy due to the utilization of […]
Water uses in chosen industries – challenges for the water industry
This document is the final report for the project “Global Challenges for the Israeli’s water industry”. The report describes the methodology of the project, summarizes the findings of work in the various sectors and presents the main challenges in sectors surveyed. The report also presents the list of companies that have been mapped so far […]
Global challenges for the water industry in the Micro Electronics industry
This report reviews the water challenges in the Metal industry with emphasis on iron & steel making and metal finishing. It reviews the role of water in the production as well as water treatment needed in regarding to water use, saving .o the environment/ recyclingving water, he water treatment need water, reuse, recycle and regulated […]
Global challenges for the water industry in the Micro Electronics industry
This report reviews the water challenges in the Micro Electronics industry with emphasis on microchips fabrication plants. It reviews the role of water in the production as well as water treatment needed in regarding to water use, saving .o the environment/ recyclingving water, he water treatment need water, reuse, recycle and regulated emission to the […]
Clean Energy Innovation Policy in Israel: Identifying Fundamental Principles through a Case Study of Smart Grid Policy
This project has been conducted in cooperation between the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (SNI) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The goal of the project has been to analyze policy lessons emerging from Israel’s successful efforts to spark, direct, and accelerate the process of technological […]
