Developing Technology Partnerships between firms in India and Israel (Includes a 4 day visit to Israel)

Participants are expected to identify a potential technology gap in India that they think can be addressed by technologies that might be available in Israel before the program. This input will be required at the time of application and will influence acceptance/rejection of the candidate. It is best if organizations, that have identified a clear technology need, nominate a team of 4 persons to allow for a focused learning experience. Else, participants will be grouped with other participants who are interested in a similar domain. The pedagogy adopted will help participants identify partners and build partnerships between firms in India and Israel to address the identified gap.

Through lectures, case studies and interactive round table discussions participants will learn – over a 3-day learning experience – methodologies to pursue international technology strategies with reference to the India-Israel corridor.  At the end of the 3-day program, each team will have greater clarity of the technology needs of an Indian firm. During the month before the travel to Israel, the teams will be required to apply their learnings to identify potential Israeli partners. Assistance will be provided to bring closure to the search process. During the 5-day visit to Israel, participants will be provided opportunities to interact with key decision makers at the identified partner companies, along with a general exposure to the innovation and technology ecosystem in Israel, and visits to understand the historical and social context of the country. In an ideal situation, at the end of the visit, the participants should have provided enough inputs to the two firms to pursue details of a future collaboration, if not arrive at a position to sign a partnership agreement.

Participants, from any background, whether technical or other, and any level in an organization, whether big or small, may attend. They should be passionate about the need to solve some of the problems in India, and have some preliminary awareness of the potential for a technological solution to that problem. The course will help them progress on the journey to identifying the appropriate technology and a suitable technology partner from Israel to address the problems they have a zeal to pursue.

Maximum Participants: 25

• Assessing international business opportunities: Organizing Concepts and Analytic tools
• Entrepreneurial Strategies for Partnering with Large Technology Companies
• Israeli Innovation Eco-system
• Negotiation Strategies
• Institutional and Cultural context of India-Israel partnerships

Prof. Sai Yayavaram.

Prof. Sai Yayavaram is a Professor in the Strategy Area at IIM Bangalore. He holds the IIMB Chair of Excellence. Prior to joining IIM Bangalore, he was with the National University of Singapore for 9 years. He received his PhD in Strategic Management from The University of Texas at Austin, PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and B.Tech from IIT Madras. He worked as a Consultant in Tata Strategic Management Group, Bombay from 1994-98.

Prof. Yayavaram currently teaches an elective course on corporate strategy to MBA students at IIM Bangalore. As part of Executive Education, he has conducted programmes in strategic management and innovation for several organizations. His research focuses on technology management, complexity and strategic rents and has been published in top-tier international journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science. He was a finalist at the 2002 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition and was awarded the University of Texas Preemptive Fellowship in 1998. He is currently a Member of the Editorial Review Boards of Strategic Management Journal and Global Strategy Journal. He is also a Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review.

Prof. Gad Ariav

Professor Ariav is a Visiting Scholar at the Israel Centre @ IIMB. He was a professor of technology and information management and Head of the Max Perlman Center at Tel-Aviv University, dedicated to the study of global business and the promotion of the understanding of global business issues. He was the Academic Director of the MBA specialization in Business Consulting at the Recanati School of Business. He has been on the faculty of Stern School of Business at NYU, Merage school of Management at UC Irvine and Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University in The Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Decision Sciences from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. He has followed closely Israel’s entrepreneurial eco-system as the founding Academic Director of TAU’s HTMS (the George Leven High Tech Management School) and is a keen student of the Indian innovation eco-system.

Prof. Abhoy K. Ojha

Professor Abhoy K. Ojha is Chairperson, Israel Centre @ IIMB and a professor of organization behavior. He is currently conducting a study on the Israeli innovation system,  and is interested in creating an organizational and eco-system context to promote innovation in India. He has been very active in building bridges between Indian and Israeli firms to promote mutual learning and benefits. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organizational Analysis from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His has a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Post Graduate Diploma in Administrative Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Bombay University), Mumbai. He has undertaken several consulting assignments in the private sector as well as government and public-sector environment.

Programme Fee and Payment

INR 1,59,000/- Residential and INR 1,45,000/- Non -Residential (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.

Early Bird Discount

Nominations received with payments on or before 26- Aug-19 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.

• Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,43,100/-(+ Applicable GST)
• Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR 1,30,500/-(+ Applicable GST)

Please Note:

All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme. Kindly do not make your travel plans unless you receive the letter from IIMB.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.

• The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
• In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
• If a nomination is not accepted, the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.

Participants should be informed that visa, travel, boarding and lodging costs are extra. IIMB will provide assistance in travel bookings, insurance and obtaining visa but the decision of the Embassy/Consulate is final. IIMB will negotiate hotel prices, but participants may make their own travel arrangements.