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January 9, 2019

The Giant Corporations That Nurtured Israel’s Success as a “Start-Up Nation” May Now Be Undermining It

The number of start-ups founded each year is falling, while the number that close is rising.

In the past two decades, the Jewish state has produced numerous small companies specializing in innovative technology, bringing economic growth to the country and exporting new devices and software abroad. The most successful of these companies have been bought by large, multinational corporations, which have also been setting up their own research centers in Israel, hoping to tap into Israeli talent. But, explains Matthew Kalman, such international investment, while it has benefited the country in the short term, may be undermining its now-famous start-up ethos:

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