Informing
Policy
for Progress

From Research infrastructures mapping stage until research infrastructure roadmap – Review the experience of selected countries

Many countries develop their own roadmap for research infrastructures intention to allocate limited resources for research infrastructures in a coordinated manner at the national level while taking into account developments at the international level. There are many successful road maps available for analysis and review that present a range of options in terms of rationale, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Intellectual Property in the Government Sector

The purpose of this research is to provide a systematic basis for designing a policy on intellectual property rights on knowledge which is the product of government-funded R&D activity and is being performed within the government sector. The intention is to formulate recommendations for building guidelines on intellectual property management strategy, which is a product […]

A comparative study on the scientific and technological research in Israel and some middle eastern countries, using quantitative indicators

The study presents a comparative examination of the development process of scientific and technological research that has taken place in the Middle East, especially in the more advanced countries, and in Israel. The data presented are based on two main indices: the number of publications and the average citations per publication. The data indicate that […]

R&D Outputs in Israel 1990-2008: Israeli Patents in an International Perspective

This work is the second study in the joint venture of the Samuel Neaman Institute and the NCRD, whose aim is to examine the outputs of research and development in Israel, as expressed in scientific publications in academic journals, according to different criteria and over time. The first study in this series was published in […]

Israeli R&D Output: international comparison of scientific publications

תמונת הכריכה של הדוח: תפוקות מחקר ופיתוח בישראל: פרסומים מדעיים בהשוואה בינלאומית

The aim of this research is to analyze the Israeli Outputs of Scientific Research in comparison with selected countries using bibliometrics indices. The project include bibliometric analysis of the Israeli research output and evaluation of its quality and quantity in respect to the main scientific fields of the publications, their institutions and organizations attribution (academy, […]

The National Science and Technology Policy of Israel

The article reviews the evolution of Israel’s science and technology R & D policy. This policy is not based on any written document or master plan dictated in advance, but was formed gradually, over decades, at various times and by different people, in the corridors of government and the Knesset, universities and industry, which together […]

Mapping of National Research Infrastructures in Israel

The Neaman Institute won a tender of the Israel National Council for Research and Development – the National Committee for Research Infrastructures (VATAM) – through the Science and Technology Ministry – to conduct a study with respect to the mapping of national research infrastructures. The purpose of the research is the mapping of the existing national […]