Tax Benefits for Business R&D in Israel
This project examines the tax incentives system to encourage R&D in the business sector in Israel. More than two thirds of OECD countries and many others encourage R&D activities in the business sector with tax benefits based on the volume of R&D expenditures reported by the firms.
The Academic Resources of the Israeli High-Tech Industry
Recorded interviews in Hebrew
Transferring Technology and its Commercialization
How to translate technological knowledge obtained in academe into commercial success is a disturbing question that concerns many researchers and entrepreneurs in the academe. The Samuel Neaman Institute faces the issue as part of its involvement in the Technion.
Mapping national systems of technological innovativeness: Creating a basis for agreement on policy
A book that deals with technological innovation, based on the material collected as part of work package No. 2 of the Pick-Me Project, in which a novel methodology for mapping the ecosystem of technological innovation in five European countries that participate in the project was successfully tested.
Human resources in Science and Technology – models for Technology Forecasting
This work was commissioned by the subcommittee, Academia-Industry Relations of the National Council for Civilian R&D (Molmop). One of the goals of this committee is a re-examination of the suitability of the training provided by higher education institutions for the needs of the future economy.
Innovativeness in the Traditional Industry
A joint venture of the Center for Innovation and Knowledge, Faculty of Industrial and Management, Technion and the Samuel Neaman Institute.
Science Communication
The mass media strongly influence the public’s understanding of – and engagement with – science and related policy issues. Print, broadcasted and online news form a major science related information source. However, scholarship has devoted little attention to communicating science in the Israeli context.
The Contribution of Large Companies to the National Economy
This project deals with the contribution of the large companies to the industrial and technological economy, in order to examine whether the existence of the large companies is essential to the industrial-business ecosystem. Related activities began in 2012, and continued in 2013 in cooperation with the economists Dr. Freeman and Yuval Niv. An additional partner in the project is Teva, which helps with the data required to assess its total contribution to the state’s economy.
The Development of Research Universities in Israel
Research universities in Israel have developed following the developments in the world. Beyond that, they play a major role in Israel’s economic, social, and cultural development. The work describes the major events and processes that took place over decades, during which several unique characteristics evolved, the distinguished academic status of the research universities was established, and the national significant contribution of the universities was formed.
The Evaluation of Demand and the Evolution of Sores of Knowledge in Sectors and Regions that are Knowledge-Intensive
This research was done within the framework of Pick-Me project – WP 5. The study analyzing data collected in a field survey of the ecosystem created by the RAD Bynet group of companies, which fostered some 130 startups of various types.