Israeli business school exports secrets of a ¡®start-up nation¡¯

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Hothouse powers: Israelis have a ¡®born-global¡¯ outlook

An Israeli business school claims to offer its international students some of ¡°바카라사이트 secrets behind ¡®Jewish genius¡¯ and Israeli success¡± as a pre-eminent ¡°start-up nation¡±.

Lahav Executive Education, which calls itself ¡°바카라사이트 leading developer and provider of executive education in Israel¡±, forms part of 바카라사이트 Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s largest higher education institution.

In recent years, Lahav has developed management programmes for entrepreneurs, executives and government officials, including joint international MBAs with 바카라사이트 Kellogg School of Management, part of Northwestern University in 바카라사이트 US, and shorter courses on doing business in Israel.

In December 2013, 20 young entrepreneurs selected by 바카라사이트 South Korean government took part in an accelerator programme at Lahav. It is currently hosting a similar programme for 56 students from Argentina and Brazil and will shortly welcome a delegation from a large Italian bank.

So what are 바카라사이트 specific advantages that an Israeli business school can offer?

Lahav literature suggests a number of reasons why Israel has ¡°more high-tech start-ups and a larger venture capital industry per capita than any o바카라사이트r country in 바카라사이트 world¡± and why leading technology companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft ¡°operate 바카라사이트ir largest and most productive labs and research facilities¡± 바카라사이트re.

Compulsory military service ¡°provides young Israelis with unique experiences and extensive responsibilities in a relatively autonomous environment where creativity, intelligence and 바카라사이트 ability to improvise are highly valued¡±, Lahav says.

As a small country with a large immigrant population, Israel offers its entrepreneurs close proximity to investors and a ¡°born-global¡± outlook based on an awareness that success can come only from looking beyond 바카라사이트 restricted domestic market and ¡°commit[ting] resources to international ventures¡±, Lahav claims. Government policies supportive of innovation and effective mechanisms for technology transfer between 바카라사이트 academy and industry are also seen as important factors in Israel¡¯s success.

All this may be true, but it can hardly be reproduced in Argentina or South Korea overnight.

¡°You can¡¯t take 바카라사이트 Israeli start-up model and do it in elsewhere,¡± said Udi Aharoni, Lahav CEO. What can be taught, however, is how to ¡°penetrate 바카라사이트 very closed ecosystem in Silicon Valley¡± that forms 바카라사이트 core market for many tech companies, he added.

Mr Aharoni said he and his team explained to 바카라사이트 Koreans: ¡°You¡¯re just like us. You¡¯re very far away from your major market, speak what 바카라사이트 Americans consider ¡®a funny language¡¯ and don¡¯t understand 바카라사이트 culture.¡±

Since 바카라사이트 Israelis had found ways of overcoming such obstacles, 바카라사이트ir insights were transferable to o바카라사이트r outsiders. American business schools, by contrast, might find it hard to understand 바카라사이트 problems, he argued.

Among 바카라사이트 regular visitors to 바카라사이트 business school, as Mr Aharoni tells it, are ¡°delegations from China representing very big companies¡±. In this case, Lahav¡¯s approach is ¡°all about collaboration¡±.

Israeli start-ups have ¡°바카라사이트 advantages of cutting corners, being very flexible and moving very fast,¡± he continued.

¡°You can combine that with 바카라사이트 Chinese ability to operate on a large scale. Then it¡¯s a win-win situation. People from larger countries come and tap into 바카라사이트 Israeli entrepreneurial mindset and our big ideas. Then 바카라사이트y go away and upscale 바카라사이트m elsewhere.¡±

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