Israel's Technology Economy

David Rosenberg is Business Editor and Commentator for the Israeli daily newspaper Ha'aretz. He has reported on Israeli economics and politics for close to three decades for Bloomberg, The Jerusalem Post, and Reuters. He is the author of Cloning Silicon Valley.

“This book is unusually valuable in providing a rich summary and analysis of the Israeli economy, as well as an honest view of the lessons and challenges facing its important and growing technology sector.” (Dany Bahar, Israel Studies Review, Vol. 33 (3), 2018)“David Rosenberg, in ‘Israel’s Technology Economy,’ is putting that song of praise in timely perspective with a thoroughly researched, lucidly written, and well-structured analysis of the Israeli economy’s merits and drawbacks, punctuated by a road map for Israel’s next economic revolution.” (Amotz Asa-El, The Jerusalem Report, October 1, 2018)“A deep look at Israel’s startup phenomenon and its impact on the local economy. The book … goes behind the hype to take a deep look at the data, and in a very readable and easy to understand way … .” (Shoshanna Solomon, timesofisrael.com, June, 2018)

• 1: Introduction.- 2: Origins.- 3: Israel as a Knowledge Economy I.- 4: Israel as a Knowledge Economy II.- 5: The Enterprise as Product.- 6: Entrepreneurism.- 7: Human Capital – Tangibles.- 8: Human Capital – Intangibles.- 9: Inequality.- 10: Outsiders I – Israeli Arabs.- 11: Outsiders II – The Ultra-Orthodox.- 12: Conclusions.