The Role of Multi National Companies in Israel pt.2
summary
IBM has an R&D presence in Israel since 1949 and a Haifa lab opened in 1972 that now numbers several hundred researchers, and multinationals report 13 Israeli acquisitions including Trusteer and new initiatives like a deep cyber lab with Ben-Gurion University starting at 30 researchers plus a Tel Aviv accelerator hosting eight startups. Salaries are competitive, Israeli engineers show high productivity, Qualcomm completes multiple local buys, Waze’s exit generates tax revenue and headcount growth, and risks include talent shortages, visa frictions and sudden corporate or geopolitical pullouts.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00IBM’s Israel investments
- 3:52Multinationals as Israeli firms
- 6:22Salary competition and acquisitions
- 9:13Multinationals boost startups
- 11:01Tech competition is strength
- 14:31Critique of reliance on multinationals
- 17:22Multinationals’ long-term commitment
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