This article presents results of a study of the Israeli biotechnology sector. The findings of the study show that despite the small geographical size of the country, the Israeli biotechnology industry tends to a great extent to cluster around leading research institutes. Based on a survey of 109...

This article reviews the support tools available for young biotechnology firms in Israel and points out the need to expand these tools to the area of networks. Such a service would be of specific importance to biotechnology entrepreneurs who have a relatively low starting point in terms of...

This study deals with policy instruments supporting high-tech start-up activity. It is based on the Israeli experience with two specific government programmes: Yozma, which triggered the emergence of the venture capital industry, and the technological incubators programme. These programmes had...

This paper analyses the geographic distribution of venture investments in start-ups in Israel, using data for the period 1995--2004. The findings show that their location behaviour differs from that of high-tech activities: they show a pattern of “dispersed concentration” (as compared with a...