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Startup Companies in Times of Crisis – Insights

In 2023, the Israeli high-tech sector faced a crisis in investment due to legal changes, a global economic downturn, and later, the impact of the Iron Sword conflict. The United States and Europe also experienced a decline in high-tech investments during this year, although at much lower rates than in Israel. Consequently, at the beginning […]

R&D outputs in Israel: Analysis of academia-industry collaboration in inventive activity

This report presents statistics on the inventive activity of Israeli inventors and applicants. The report includes an analysis of patent applications in the PCT track, an analysis of inventive activity by leading assignees, distribution of inventive activity by sectors and technological fields and an analysis of the globalization aspects of Israeli inventive activity. An extended […]

R&D outputs in Israel: Inventive Characteristics of Local and Foreign Activity in the Israel Patent Authority

This report presents updated statistics on the inventive activity of Israeli inventors and applicants. This includes: Analysis of patent applications in the PCT track; Analysis of inventive activity by leading assignees; Distribution of inventive activity by sectors and technological fields and an analysis of the globalization aspects of inventive activity. An extended chapter reviews and […]

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 […]

Assessing the Maturity Level of the Industry for Advanced Manufacturing: The IMAM Model

One of the important steps for implementing advanced manufacturing in industry is assessing the maturity level of the industry plants in the different areas of advanced manufacturing. In this work we propose model with fourteen areas of advanced manufacturing, which assess the maturity of the plants for advanced manufacturing. In order to validate the model […]

Knowledge flow in Technological Business Incubators: Evidence from Australia and Israel

The study of the contribution of incubators to economic growth started to gain momentum in the 1980s, following the growth of the incubation phenomenon. While acknowledging the challenge of evaluating incubators׳ outcomes, we shift the focus from incubators׳ performance to their internal processes, in particular, the interrelationships through which the incubator stakeholders share knowledge. The […]