1st Edition
Dark Sides of the Startup Nation Winners and Losers of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel
By Sibylle Heilbrunn
Copyright 2023
256 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Israeli national neoliberalism has promoted innovation policies leading to an ostensible paradox: At the center is a startup nation with a vibrant and successful high-tech entrepreneurial ecosystem, accumulating resources and enabling constant growth. At the geographical and social periphery, there has emerged a parallel society with often-marginalized groups not able to keep up. In one of the... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: Neoliberalism and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 2: National Neoliberalism and the Israeli Startup Nation
Chapter 3: Center and Periphery in Israel: Startup Nation and Parallel Economy
Chapter 4: Maybe Not the Startup Nation but Definitely a Startup Nation
Chapter 5: Introducing the Theoretical Framework: Contexts, Fields, Norm Circles and Positionality
Chapter 6: What You Look Like Is Important – Technological Entrepreneurs of the Ethiopian Community
Chapter 7: Former Elites Moving Away From the Center?
Chapter 8: Where You Come From Is Important: Migrant Entrepreneurship Between the Center and the Periphery
Chapter 9: Women Still Lagging Behind
Chapter 10: From the Periphery to the Center? Ultraorthodox Jews in High Tech
Chapter 11: Arab-Palestinian Technological Entrepreneurs in Israel—Double Periphery?
Chapter 12: Comparative Analysis of Groups
Chapter 13: What Can We Learn From the Experts?
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Chapter 1: Neoliberalism and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 2: National Neoliberalism and the Israeli Startup Nation
Chapter 3: Center and Periphery in Israel: Startup Nation and Parallel Economy
Chapter 4: Maybe Not the Startup Nation but Definitely a Startup Nation
Chapter 5: Introducing the Theoretical Framework: Contexts, Fields, Norm Circles and Positionality
Chapter 6: What You Look Like Is Important – Technological Entrepreneurs of the Ethiopian Community
Chapter 7: Former Elites Moving Away From the Center?
Chapter 8: Where You Come From Is Important: Migrant Entrepreneurship Between the Center and the Periphery
Chapter 9: Women Still Lagging Behind
Chapter 10: From the Periphery to the Center? Ultraorthodox Jews in High Tech
Chapter 11: Arab-Palestinian Technological Entrepreneurs in Israel—Double Periphery?
Chapter 12: Comparative Analysis of Groups
Chapter 13: What Can We Learn From the Experts?
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Biography
Sibylle Heilbrunn is Full Professor of Organizational Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Kinneret Academic College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel.






