Israel: the start-up nation?
Israel é um caso de sucesso mundial na criação de "start-ups". As explicações para este facto foram analisadas num livro da autoria de Dan Senor and Saul Singer, lançado em 2009, e designado por " The Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle” . Na opinião dos autores deste livro "Israel is not just a country, but a comprehensive state of mind". Ou seja, "Israelis innovate because they have to. The land is arid, so they excel at water and agricultural technology. They have little oil, so they furrow their brows to find alternatives. They are surrounded by enemies, so their military technology is superb and creates lucrative spin-offs, especially in communications. The relationships forged during military service foster frenetic networking in civilian life. A flood of immigrants in the 1990s gave national brainpower a mighty boost. The results are the envy of almost everyone outside Silicon Valley" e também a li...