Monitoring and Air Pollution Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
SEMINAR ON MONITORING AND PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION BY VOLATILE ORGANINC COMPOUNDS (VOC) The Ministry of Environment is in the final stages of publishing emission standards for air pollutants that will determine the maximal permitted concentration of a pollutant in a funnel thus enabling effective supervision of emissions by industries. The standards refer to three […]
Electronic and Hybrid Power for Busses. Final Report
The report includes detailed review of technologies for electric and hybrid vehicles, and information about experiments performed with electric and hybrid buses worldwide. Published data about energy storage devices, such as batteries, fuel cells and inertia flywheels, various driving and charging systems, air conditioning problems are summarized and analyzed. Performance characteristics of various electric and […]
An Examination of the Economic Implications for Israel of Space Exploration. Executive Summary
This work is submitted in the framework of a tender of the Israel Space Agency for the utilization of space. In the request for a price quote the aim was defined as follows: “Israel and the other industrialized countries in the world are involved in a lot of space related research activity. For a long […]
Annual Report 1996-1997 Samuel Neaman Institute
The Annual report for 1996-1997 summarizes the Samuel Neaman Institute’s activities for this year in a wide range of subjects
Economic Incentives in Solid Urban Waste Policy. Final Report
Disposal of municipal solid waste entails severe environmental burdens especially on small, densely populated regions and countries. Israel is grappling with the task of designing an efficient (and politically acceptable!) solid-waste policy, taking into consideration externalities associated with alternative disposal options and the pervasive NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome.This paper analyzes alternative waste […]
INNOVATION: Technology Assessment, Forecasting, Strategy and Regional Policy
We construct new operational definitions of incremental innovation, standard innovation, and radical innovation, using our “technometric benchmarking” model. Based on this definition, optimal incremental innovation is formulated as a linear programming problem. The model is illustrated by an actual case: reconfiguration of a gamma camera. We show how our model can contribute to improved allocation […]
Technometric Benchmarking: Towards an Interactive Operational Model for Management of Technology and Innovation in Science-Based Startups, Selected Re
Overall objective of our project: “…to equip managers of technology in science-based companies [in Israel and in Germany] with tools that can help their firms become more innovative and competitive”. (from our Research Proposal). In this project, we are developing an integrated “toolkit” of quantitative benchmarking models, covering each aspect of the innovation process from […]
