Israel Innovation Authority - Scaling up in emerging markets

The Israel Innovation Authority’s International Collaborations Division wanted to know how they could help Israeli startups scale up their business in emerging markets.

Israeli startups have been very successful in jurisdictions like the United States, Canada, and the European Union. But they have struggled to penetrate emerging markets like China, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Why? What policy tools could the IIA use to help its domestic firms?

Working with a team of fellow researchers, I investigated similar programs that other national innovation agencies have used to solve this problem. I personally focused on jurisdictions that have used B2G consortia (i.e. groups of companies from country X that receive government-funded contracts from country Y) to enter and scale in emerging markets.

In February 2019, I went with a colleague to Tel Aviv and presented the findings of our research. The IIA is looking into creating a new program based off of our recommendations.

I also edited and designed our final report, which you can read by clicking on the image below.