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Israel’s Problem of Governance Represents a Strategic Threat

Posted in About Reut, tagged , on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Testifying before a state commission of inquiry, former head of the National Security Council Maj. Gen (res.) Giora Eiland lamented the problem of governance in Israel arguing that the cabinet is not capable of implementing large, national projects. Israel’s lack of ability to design and implement policy may be one of (if not the) greatest [...]

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Israel’s Automobile Technologies as a Product of the ‘Capacity to Transform’

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A central aspect of a country’s successful leapfrogging policy is the ability to foster a development policy which is unique and global. A good example of this is Israel’s automobile industry.

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Regional Development (1): Entrepreneurs in Akko

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged , , , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday Reut’s Socio-Economic team traveled to Akko for a second meeting regarding the ISRAEL 15 regional project, an initiative which was launched a few months ago. The process is guided by Praxis and funded by the UJC’s Partnership 2000 and can serve as a model for Socio-Economic leapfrogging.

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How Can the Government Execute Strategic Plans?

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An article published in Haaretz yesterday discussed the government’s inability to execute decisions based on plans written by experts; (such as the Dovrat reform for the education system.) This phenomenon also occurs in strategic planning.

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Michael Spence on Reut’s Paper on Leapfrogging

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In a Ha’aretz interview Michael Spence, the 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, discussed Reut’s paper on Principles and Guidelines for Achieving a Socioeconomic leapfrog. Spence stated: “This is a very impressive document, based on clear thinking and knowledge of the recent experience and writing about growth at various stages of development.” For the full [...]

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Reut’s 2009 Annual ISRAEL 15 Conference – Harnessing the Community for a Social and Economic Leapfrog

Posted in About Reut, ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This week Reut hosted the annual ISRAEL 15 Conference. Some 600 leaders in the social and economic arena gathered to examine ways to fulfill the vision of turning Israel into one of the leading countries in terms of quality of life.

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Israel and the Economic Crisis 7- Israel is not Prepared for Leapfrogging

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Reut Institute has recently uploaded a report analyzing the resilience of different countries in light of the economic crisis (Stress Test). Ranking first are Denmark, Singapore and Qatar. Israel is ranked 20th.

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The Reut Institute at the Herzliya Conference

Posted in About Reut, ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday, Reut Institute President Gidi Grinstein spoke at the 2009 Herzliya Conference on a panel entitled “Weathering the Storm: Israel and the World Economic Crisis.” His presentation focused on Reut’s ISRAEL 15 vision and some of our recent work on the challenge of Socio and Economic leapfrogging. For Gidi’s Presentation click here. For a video [...]

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Inter-organizational network for local economic development

Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged , , , on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last month the Reut Institute participated in a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Heschel Center.

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