THE ISRAELI R&D INDUSTRY
The flourishing Israeli startup scene is one of the leading factors in the formation of successful R&D centers, since many of the acquired companies transform fairly quickly into an Israeli R&D center for the global company.
This is how Apple, Facebook and HP started their R&D centers in Israel, to name a few.
In many cases, the development done at the Israeli center goes far beyond the acquirer’s original intentions and beyond the original acquired technology.
The striking figures of the Israeli research community form the engine behind the Israeli R&D industry:
1ST in the world in the number of researchers per million population.2
1ST in the world in the number of engineers per capita.3
1ST in the world in R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP.4
2ND in the world in innovation.5
2ND in the world in venture capital availability.6
3RD in the world in the quality of scientific research institutes.7
3TH in the world in corporate spending on R&D.8
2 Global Innovation Index 2017
3 Deloitte, 2017
4 OECD
5 Global Competitiveness Report, 2016
6 Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016
7 Global Competitiveness Report, 2016
8 https://tcdata360.worldbank.org