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Amiram Porath

Amiram Porath is an expert at Innovation. He published his first book in 2010 regarding collaborative research between industry and public research organizations. He published several chapters in other books as well as co-edited special issues and written several articles. He advises the Chief Scientist of Israel regarding collaborative research programs. He also advises other public bodies with a focus on environmental technologies. He has been an evaluator of European research programs since FP7 regarding bringing new firms and technologies to the market.

Publications

Moving From R&D Development to Production and Sales in Start-Up Companies

For most companies, the move from a start-up engaged in research and development into a full-fledged company with production and sales is a difficult process. However, there are...

Global Perspectives on Contemporary Marketing Education

A successful marketing department has the power to make or break a business. Today, marketing professionals are expected to have expertise in a myriad of skills and knowledge of...

Two Different Aspects of Technology Regarding Marketing Education

The role of technology in marketing education can be described from two different points of view, the role of the technology as a tool for marketing education and the role of...

Reuse of Excess Research Data for New Researches

The chapter presents a specific niche dilemma regarding the ethical aspects of utilization of data gathered for one specific research for another research, which was not...

Collaborative Research (CR): To Reduce Transaction Cost in Open Innovation

As a conceptual study this chapter takes open innovation as a tool that has been considered from the point of view of collaboration between the Industry and the Academy. However...

Theoretical Model for a Local Economy Open Innovation Program: A User Organization

This chapter presents a model of open innovation as a collaborative effort of firms, mostly SMEs that are managed under a government support with the assistive involvement of...

Open Innovation for Non- High-Tech SMEs: The Case of the Users Association of Advanced Technologies Program

This chapter presents a case of SMEs from non-High-Tech sector, which would normally find innovation harder than sectors with intensive R&D. The Users Association of Advanced...