The Role of Multinational Companies in Israel - Part 1
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Multiple multinationals report concrete moves: Yahoo bought Dapper and expands R&D — Tel Aviv headcount grew from 6 to 30 and Haifa from 1 to ~20–40 — while Nokia promotes a priority country strategy, launching a developer program and treating Israel as a test market. Panel claims Israel’s advantage is three ingredients — army-trained talent, multinationals consuming that talent, and venture capital — and argues the ecosystem produces ambassadors and startups despite brain‑drain and ongoing tax debates.
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