The role of government in the Israeli innovation system

The outputs of the Israeli innovation system are more than remarkable such as a complexity as well as according to the exact indicators. For many years the Jewish state spend the most per GDP for researching, development and innovation, while such expenditures per capita is also laudable. In calculation per ten thousand people Israel has the largest number of scientific workers, and the rate of international patents registered per million people is as well outstanding in the Jewish state. Consequently, it is not surprising that according to the indicators of innovation competitiveness Israel is in the world top 10. This paper aims to present the Israeli innovation system and policy, to describe the functions of the institutional actors, as well to highlight the complexity of these structural mechanisms.