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TEACHING TODAY’S MBAs – A REVEALING EXPERIENCE

July 12, 2017
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Earlier this month, I was invited to deliver a guest lecture to students in the International MBA Program at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan. The topic was “Facilitating International Trade” and the students were in the 25-35 age group. Half of them were local Israelis, while […]

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A GOLDEN AGE FOR CANADA’S HIGH-TECH SECTOR?

June 27, 2017
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Until recently, Canadian tech entrepreneurs faced many seemingly insurmountable challenges: a lack of early and late-stage funding, long visa wait times for foreign employees, brain drain to Silicon Valley and more.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s federal government has taken various steps to improve the situation.  For example […]

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ISRAELI COMPANIES GOING WHERE?

May 9, 2017
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Do you know what the Strauss Group, Elbit Systems Ltd., Sano Group, Amdocs, Ness Technologies, Netafim, Kardan Group and Ofer Brothers Group all have in common?  They are all Israeli companies who have invested in…..Romania!

And that fact is repeated country after country across the continent reflecting […]

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EUROPE SEEKING TO TAKE HOME THE STARTUP NATION

May 1, 2017
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Israel’s economic strength, along with the buzz of Israel’s startup nation reputation and hi tech scene, has not eluded some of Israel’s closest neighbors – Europe.  Through technological cooperation, innovation ties and solidifying Israeli presence, European locations seek to benefit from and interact with all that […]

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