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Geothermal Energy – the Application Potential at the Golan Heights

A geothermal landscape in Japan, showing steam rising from fumaroles on a rocky, barren mountainside. The foreground features patches of green and reddish vegetation, while thick clouds and mist partially obscure the background. A narrow trail winds through the terrain, leading toward the steaming vents, indicating volcanic activity typical of Japan's mountainous regions.

To assess the feasibility of deriving benefits from geothermal energy in the Golan heights, the Samuel Neaman Institute convened a stakeholder forum to discuss the geothermal geo-physical potential, possible applications, policy requirements, and environmental considerations. Participants included representatives from the Geological Survey of Israel, the Ministry of Energy, the Water Authority, the Ramat Golan Regional Council, and various Israeli companies whose operations are based on heat energy—such as Ormat, Enogia, OASIX, among others.

Before You Launch: An Exhaustive Protocol for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Business meeting in the office

Many believe that high risk is innate and inherent in entrepreneurship – ‘baked in the cake’. In this study, we argue that the failure rate can be significantly reduced by the intelligent use of a pre-launch protocol — a list of sixty-four “$64 questions”, that ask startup entrepreneurs to consider in advance the challenges and pitfalls they may face in future – in order to anticipate and prepare.

Triple Helix Model and the Israeli Magnet Program: A Comparative Approach to National Innovation Programs with Implications for Turkey

The objectives of this dissertation are to examine science, technology and innovation policies, national innovation system and networking theories to refine the concepts and indicators for the formation of innovation networks and to identify the conditions for international innovation networks. It specifically focuses on the Triple Helix model of Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff (1994), which has […]

Entrepreneurial Theory and Practice: Immigrant Opportunities

All over the world, many immigrants and their children have turned to small business when faced by the limited opportunities open to them in the labor market. For Israel, essentially a country of immigrants, worldwide experience in this area is of great significance. The recent wave of immigration from the former Soviet Union has greatly […]

An Evaluation of the Promotion of Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the Haifa Area

The goals of the current research are to establish the entrepreneurial interests and self estimated ability for business success of the immigrant population. In the current research four principle hypotheses may be defined. Overall, our goal was to obtain an indication of immigrant business potential and to assess the ability of SBDC (“MATT”) to reach […]

Business Plan – The College for Entrepreneurship and Export in Tefen

This document provides a detailed description of plans for establishing and operating an entrepreneurship and export college in Tefen. Under discussion is a system for training and educating towards entrepreneurship. Its core will be a training process based on combining project work with teaching know-how in areas relevant to the functioning of the entrepreneur. We […]

R&D Outputs in Israel: Gender Characteristics of Israeli Inventive Activity

MILAN, ITALY - JUNE 9, 2016: flying machine of Leonardo da Vinci's scientific studies displayed at the Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci

This report constitutes the ninth study in a series of reports by the Samuel Neaman Institute on “R&D Outputs – Israeli Patents. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the inventive activity of Israeli inventors and applicants. It includes an examination of patent applications within the PCT track, an analysis of inventive activity by leading assignees, the distribution of inventive activity by sectors and technological fields, and an exploration of the globalization aspects of Israeli inventive activity. Additionally, the report features an extended chapter dedicated to examining gender characteristics in Israeli inventive activity.