A survey of active researchers at the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion
The goal of this survey, prepared by the SNI, was to evaluate the outputs and the outcomes of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) at the Technion. RBNI was examined over time with the aim of evaluating the results and impact of the research activities within its framework. Several methods were used in the evaluation […]
Human Resources for Science and Technology in Israel
A prosperous economy and high quality of life require technological innovation. This is especially relevant in the case of Israel which lacks natural resources. The foundation for creating a scientific and technological knowledge basis lies in the development of a human capital. The European Union estimates that by the year 2010 it will need some […]
Science , Technology and Innovation Indicators in Israel: An International Comparison (second edition)
Lacking natural resources, size and proximity to markets, the state of Israel must rely on scientific and technological know-how for its survival and prosperity. Israel’s economic achievements, especially in high-tech sectors, were enabled through a 40-years long various directed government policy measures aimed at fostering scientific and technological progress, and nurturing highly skilled workforce and […]
Establishment of R&D Anti-Terror Warfare Mechanism for Homeland Security Protection from Terrorism
The number of dangers on the Israel Home Front is extremely high. We can never avert every possible terror threat, yet, while different types of threats disappear, new threats are popping up and terrorists keep changing their methods and systems relentlessly in order to achieve their goals. Therefore, the State of Israel must have a […]
Data and Indicators on Aerospace Engineering, ICT and Biotechnology in Israel
The current report presents data and indicators of three fields of knowledge: Aerospace Engineering, ICT (Information and Communications Technologies), and Biotechnology. The Israeli Aerospace engineering review covers the space plans achievements, the main space institutes, the Aerospace engineering faculty at the Technion, bibliometric data, and military, economy and social aspects of the Israeli space plan. […]
The Ramifications of Technology Transfer Based on Intellectual Property Licensing
The commercialization of scientific inventions by academic institutions was the subject of reform initiatives in recent years. Regulatory initiatives proposed to encourage public research institutions (sometimes even to impose a legal duty), to exploit the commercial potential of their inventions via intellectual property. Recent studies on the impact of the Bayh-Dole Act on scientific research […]
Environmental technologies – the green future
The field of environmental technology development includes a very wide range of activities. In the study, which is conducted jointly by the Samuel Neaman Institute, Globes Research and Kesselman & Kesselman, we show that there are very large opportunities in the new market and that the government must take a series of actions realize these […]
Investment Policies in Defense R&D Programs
Investment in advanced defense technologies is a prominent characteristic of modern armed forces. The paper examines the optimal investment policy in developing such technologies, accounting for their S-shaped progress profile and the stochastic nature of the R&D process. We show that the optimal investment is a discontinuous function of the available budget, and that its […]
Harnessing Success: Determinants of University Technology Licensing Performance STE-WP-35
We study the impact of incentive pay, local development objectives and government constraints on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model technology licensing offices, using new survey information combined with panel data on 86 U.S. universities for the period 1995-99. We find that private universities are much more likely to adopt […]
KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE PROPERTY RIGHTS (STE-WP-39)
Venture capitalism is a major institutional innovation based on identifying economies of scope in transactions of technological knowledge, bundled with managerial competence, reputation, screening procedures and equity. It has paved the way to the emergence of new surrogate markets for knowledge, i.e. financial markets specialized in trading knowledge-intensive property rights. This development has important benefits […]