Category: Articles and Interviews

(This artice was originally published at Knowledge@wharton)   Over the summer, Israel’s regulatory agencies unveiled a number of new directives on their charges, telling them what to do, and, especially, what not to do. The policies, which target the financial sector and others, have emerged at a time when the population is becoming increasingly restive and critical of the scions […]

(This article was Originally published at the printed version of The Economist – http://www.economist.com/news/business/21586330-some-israels-leading-businessmen-are-suffering-backlash-turning-against-tycoons)   Business in Israel Turning against the tycoons Some of Israel’s leading businessmen are suffering a backlash A CORPORATE saga has filled Israel’s newspapers for months: the struggle of Nochi Dankner, one of the country’s leading businessmen, to keep control of IDB Holding Corporation, a debt-laden conglomerate. […]

(This article was originally published at The Economist Schumpeter blog – http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/07/tel-aviv-stock-exchange)   The Tel Aviv stock exchange To be, or not to be   AT THE close of trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) last week, the goings-on in its executive suite rivaled the final scene of Hamlet. Saul (“Sam”) Bronfeld, TASE’s chairman, had just fallen on his […]

How Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market Reflects Israel’s Transformation – an Article at Israel Knowledge@Wharton Spread over several parallel streets and connecting alleyways, the Mahane Yehuda market may be the only place in which to see, meet, hear and taste the unbelievably broad spectrum of humanity that lives in or visits Jerusalem. By the same token, the market — which U.S. […]

Kilkenomics: A Festival Where the ‘Dismal Science’ Meets Comedy – an article at Knowledge@Wharton Economics is often called the “dismal science.” For the past three years, though, an unusual event in Ireland has been trying in its own way to change that impression. Held in the scenic town of Kilkenny, Kilkenomics is an economic festival that brings economists, businesspeople and […]

What Will Israel’s Landmark Elections Mean for Business?    What will the recent elections in Israel mean for businesses and investors, both local and international? In this op-ed, economic analyst and consultant Pinchas Landau notes that over the short run, experts expect pressure on corporate profits to be stepped up — via tighter regulation; more activist consumerism among the general […]