Informing
Policy
for Progress

Middle class under siege

Only coins and tadpoles have just a head and a tail; societies, in contrast, can’t survive and thrive without something in the middle

The Startup Nation’s Scorched Earth

Early exit often leaves scorched earth, because it allows knowledge buyers to easily complete the process of product transfer to a convenient environment for them – and disband the Israeli group.

A Computational Analysis of R&D Support Programs

Government R&D support programs are examined within a dynamic equilibrium model of imperfectly competitive industries in order to study the effectiveness of such programs and the extent to which their design matters.  We compare two common support schemes, R&D tax credit and direct R&D grants.   Adopting comprehensive welfare measures that take into account government, producer […]

Energy Forum 27: A Smart Energy Grid as a Growth Engine for the Israeli Industry

The Smart Grid is developing in many places in the world to replace the conventional power grid. This is one of the leading topics in the modern energy market, and it is receiving economic and national prioritization as well as massive investments. In Israel too this topic is a priority on the national energy agenda, […]

An Examination of the Collaboration between Industry and the Technion’s Nanotechnology Infrastructure Centers

This research was invited by the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) in order to increase the collaboration between the industry and the Technion’s nanotechnology Infrastructure centers. The research includes a comprehensive survey of industrial companies that have used the Technion’s nanotechnology Infrastructure centers and industrial companies in the nanotechnology fields and other fields that can […]