Can universities foster students’ intent to become entrepreneurs?
This essay surveys research published in the past four years or so, on how universities can foster the intention of students to launch entrepreneurial startups. The main conclusion from these 25-30 research papers is this: While universities seek to foster entrepreneurship, their dominant academic approach to teaching anything — classrooms, textbooks, curricula, lectures and problem […]
Women in Technological and Scientific Entrepreneurship
This research identifies obstacles that prevent women from becoming involved in entrepreneurship in research and technology and suggests ways to increase women’s participation in entrepreneurial activities at the Technion and beyond. The two research questions posed are: What are the obstacles that prevent more women from becoming involved in entrepreneurial activities and what is necessary […]
Energy Forum 47: Combined Photovoltaic and Storage Systems to Produce Electricity From Solar Energy
In 2018, installations providing more than 100 giga-watts of solar energy were built worldwide, and the total global capacity of this energy was higher than 500 giga-watts. This volume represents an increase of 4% as compared to 2017, in comparison with an increase of 30% and 50% in the previous two years, respectively. In 2018, […]
Transfer of knowledge and technology Academy-Industry Recalculate route
Review and critical evaluation of university-industry relations based on data and quantitative indicators. Development of insights regarding optimal policy and models to balance between technology commercialization and technology transfer, which is largely based on cooperation with industry to support industrial research. Recommendations for policy steps based on the insights resolved, addressing the point of view […]
Advanced manufacturing industry mapping
The purpose of the current research is providing a deep dive into a selection of companies, as a basis for establishing a portfolio of innovative Israeli companies in the fields of advanced manufacturing. This is achieved through an analysis, information gathering and insights regarding the activity of the selected companies, evaluation of their business potential […]
R&D outputs in Israel Inventive Characteristics of Start-ups
The report focuses on the inventive activity of Israeli start-up companies. In the framework of the project, data on 9778 Israeli start-up companies, established between 2002 and 2015 was collected from the IVC database and was consolidated with patent data originating from the EPO- PATSTAT database. The report presents updated statistics on the inventive activity […]
R&D outputs in Israel: Inventive Characteristics of Start-ups
The report focuses on the inventive activity of Israeli start-up companies. In the framework of the project, data on 9778 Israeli start-up companies, established between 2002 and 2015 was collected from the IVC database and was consolidated with patent data originating from the EPO- PATSTAT database. The report presents updated statistics on the inventive activity […]
Metrics for Science Technology and Innovation in Israel Comparative Data Infrastructure Final Report Second Year
Neaman Institute is pleased to present the ” Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in Israel: An International Comparison – 2018″. The two other chapters deal extensively with the following issues: Brain Drain. High-Tech indicators We hope this publication will provide useful insights on Israel’s national and international policies and will contribute to the correct comprehension […]
Metrics for Science, Technology and Innovation in Israel: Comparative Data Infrastructure Key Indices
Neaman Institute is pleased to present the ” Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in Israel: An International Comparison – 2018″. This publication contains many key figures for Israel regarding science and technology input and output, and covers more than a decade of international comparisons, as well as many other indices. This information can contribute to […]
R&D Outputs in Israel- Characteristics of Inventive Activity 2000-2015
The main goal of this study is to provide decision makers with an in-depth picture on the scope and characteristics of Israeli inventive activity during the last two decades and to examine Israel’s position in the inventive arena in relation to OECD countries.