Innovation in Israel 1968-1997: A Comparative Analysis using Patent Data, Science, Technology and the Economy Program STE-WP-5
The Israeli high tech sector is widely regarded as a hotbed of cutting-edge technologies, and as the growth engine of the Israeli economy in the nineties and beyond. In this paper we present a close-up portrait of innovation in Israel for the past 30 years, with the aid of highly detailed patent data. We use […]
Promoting Gifted Mathematicians
The level of mathematics in high school education is unsatisfactory, as can be seen in recent years in international surveys. The phenomenon is especially perturbing in view of the importance of mathematical education as a key for success in science and technology and the high-tech industries based on them. Nevertheless, successful activities are being introduced […]
University Technology Transfer in Israel: Evaluation of Projects and Determinants of Success – SNI R&D Policy Papers Series
The purpose of this study is to examine how technology transfer organizations (TTOs) at Israeli universities evaluate projects and how they perceive the success or failure of these projects once they are selected. We also analyze whether the criteria they use are similar to those employed by venture capitalists and MIT. We find that the […]
National Environmental Priorities of Israel (English Abstract 2000)
During 1998, more than 100 experts in diverse environmental fields, were involved in discussions leading to the establishment of a list of priorities and a course of action for addressing environmental issues in Israel. Background papers were prepared by experts in each given field and reviewed by additional experts to include their response and comments. […]
National Priorities for the Environment in Israel – Position Paper I
Environmental quality in Israel requires urgent action and numerous emphases. We are in a position where the air we breathe is, in many cases, polluted way above standards, sickness and mortality, caused by environmental pollutants are today a common occurrence and there are thousands of such cases. In some areas in the country environmental diseases […]
Alternatives for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Israel
This policy paper is a first attempt to determine a national policy for the State of Israel to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The paper is based on a thorough breakdown of the sources of GHG emissions and describes the different technical means that may reduce GHG emissions under the special conditions characteristic of Israel. […]
Spatial Diffusion of Industrial Innovation and Regional Development
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, […]
The Contribution of Science to Israeli Security
This survey was commission by President of the Technion, Professor Zehev Tadmor, as part of a series of surveys on the contributions of science to the State of Israel on its 50th anniversary. The project was initiated by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Even before the establishment of the State of Israel the […]
The Contribution of Technion Graduates to the Israeli Economy
This report shows the contribution of leading Technion graduates to Israel’s economy. The leaders are decision makers with influence on their organizations including chairmen of board of directors, presidents, CEO’s, deputy CEO’s etc. The leaders’ population was taken from a special list prepared by the Technion Alumni Liaison Office and includes 600 graduates. 2% of […]
The Contribution of Science to Civilian Industry in Israel
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities initiated a series of seminars on the contributions of science to the State of Israel on its 50th anniversary. In this framework Technion President Professor Zehev Tadmor commissioned this survey which is dedicated to the contributions of science to Industry, and which serves to complement a previous survey […]