National Priorities for the Environment in Israel – Position Paper II
This second report is divided to 3 parts: Part I: follow-up, examination, critique and updates of issues discussed in the first report. Part II: Expanded Discussions: Agriculture and Environment, Sea and Coasts. Part III: overviews: Economy and Administration, Environmental Education and Public Participation.
Sources of U.S. Longevity Increase, 1960-1997, Science, Technology and the Economy Program STE-WP-3
Between 1960 and 1997, life expectancy at birth of Americans increased approximately 10%–from 69.7 to 76.5 years—and it has been estimated tha t the value of life extension during this period nearly equaled the gains in tangible consumption. While life expectancy has tended to increase, there have been substantial fluctuations in the rate of increase. In […]
Managing New Product Development and Innovation A Microeconomics Toolbox
Comprising over a decade of research the fifteen chapters in this book offer a selection of practical microeconomic tools for managing new product development and innovation. An overall theme unites these tools feature-based innovation. By quantifying product features and evaluating the costs and market value of improving each , a simple yet powerful conceptual framework […]
R&D Policy in Israel: An Overview and Reassessment, Science, Technology and the Economy Program STE-WP-2
The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of R&D policy in Israel, and critically examine the policies currently in place as well as proposals to change them. We review in Part I the various programs of the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Israel, […]
Do R&D Subsidies Stimulate or Displace Private R&D? Evidence from Israel, Science, Technology and the Economy Program (STE) – Working Papers Series STE-WP-1
In evaluating the effect of an R&D subsidy we need to know what the subsidized firm would have spent on R&D had it not received the subsidy Using data on Israeli manufacturing firms in the 1990s we find evidence suggesting that the R&D subsidies granted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade stimulated long-run company-financed […]
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 […]