Doing Business in Israel
Innovation, Leadership & Entrepreneurship in Times of Uncertainty
About the Program
In a world transformed by rapid technological change and the rise of AI, leaders must navigate uncertainty with agility, creativity, and resilience. The DBI program offers international MBA students a unique, immersive experience inside Israel’s world-renowned innovation ecosystem.
Israel consistently ranks among the world’s top innovation hubs, home to multinational R&D centers and thousands of cutting-edge start-ups in AI, cybersecurity, DeepTech, climate tech, and digital health. Its high-tech sector is known for its ability to innovate under pressure, adapt quickly, and lead through ambiguity.
Through meetings with entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and policymakers, participants gain practical tools for leading in uncertain environments and explore real-world cases of Israeli start-ups and scale-ups that have successfully navigated rapid change.
The program takes place over an intensive, week-long experience in Tel Aviv. Throughout the week, students learn from top faculty, network with peers from leading global universities, engage with key players in the Israeli innovation scene, and explore the vibrant culture and energy of Israel. With a rich blend of academic insight, hands-on exposure, and unforgettable experiences, DBI offers a unique opportunity to dive into one of the world’s most dynamic innovation ecosystems.
DBI frames the central aspects of doing business in Israel within the context of the country's
high-tech and entrepreneurship sectors. Students gain a comprehensive view into the Israeli
business environment, integrating academic perspective and insights with a hands-on
introduction into the dynamics of the business field.
The Program offers an experiential educational setting, based on a combination of teaching methodologies:
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Academic Lectures
DBI classes, held by Coller School of Management lecturers specializing in different aspects of macroeconomics, strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, introduce participants into the strategic setting of the Israeli economy and provide them with a broad understanding of its structure, dynamics and related cultural and social aspects.
Lectures will present the Israeli macroeconomic environment through different features and parameters: the banking and finance systems; high-tech corporations: their corporate culture and position in the Israeli market; the dynamics of the advanced technological sectors: technology transfers and commercialization, M&A's; funding channels and alternatives: government support and investment, the VC perspective, startup financing.
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Business Cases
DBI introduces students to the dynamics of the Israeli entrepreneurial environment by analyzing Israeli corporations representing different sectors and industries, differing in size and stage of development. The cases allow students to acquire an understanding of strategic issues and corporate culture in high-tech corporations, by taking a top management perspective and formulating a competitive business-level strategy for their assigned cases.
The ventures and corporations presented and analyzed within the framework of the seminar includes high-tech, pharmaceuticals and retail exporters, security industries, producers of advanced technological devices and solutions and innovative startups: Teva, Makhteshim-Agan, Strauss-Elite, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Designs, Tefron, Given Imaging, Kaiima and Applied Cognitive Engineering (ACE).
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Master Classes & Talks with Practitioners
DBI master classes introduce the seminar's participants to the perspective of entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and government officials involved in policymaking, funding and business processes taking place in the Israeli high-tech and entrepreneurship scenes. Through these talks and encounters, DBI participants come to appreciate the diversity of professional considerations associated with innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the challenges to be tackled.
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Company & Startup Visits
The industrial field trips held within the framework of the Seminar allow participants to learn about entrepreneurship, innovation and high-tech in their actual scene of occurrence, exposing them to the actual processes of production. Visits take place to a diversity of ventures, locations and production sites, demonstrating the multifaceted nature of the Israeli entrepreneurship and high-tech.
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Learn more about the Israeli business ecosystem and the DBI program from the Academic Director, Udi Aharoni.
Program Details
Spring 2026: May 13–19 2026
Accommodation: 8 nights (May 12-20 2026), double occupancy (single option at extra cost) in Tel Aviv
Credits: 3 academic credits
Language of Instruction: English
Dress Code: Casual
Program Fees
Students from PIM or bilateral partner-schools:
- USD 2,800 per student for double occupancy*
- USD 3,600 for student for single occupancy*
Students from non-partner schools:
- USD 3,400 per student for double occupancy*
- USD 4,200 for student for single occupancy*
*Program fee does not cover airfare, insurance or transportation to and from the airport.
*Registration fee does not cover airfare, insurance or transportation to and from the airport.
Contact Us
For more information about the program please contact:
collerex@tauex.tau.ac.il or ericsa@tauex.tau.ac.il
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