Yair Aharoni: Academic Entrepreneur, Senior Policy Adviser, and Executive Don

Arie Y. Lewin, Ravi Ramamurti and Elizabeth L. Rose

Chapter 37 in Standing on the Shoulders of International Business Giants:In Memory of Yair Aharoni, 2024, pp 467-470 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Yair Aharoni was a native-born Israeli sabra (cactus fruit that has a prickly exterior and a soft, sweet interior), typical of Israelis who pride themselves on their can-do attitude, frankness, and shameless audacity. Typical of a sabra, Yair, who was born in 1931, joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the age of 19, serving between 1950 and 1956. He retired with the rank of Captain as head of the Air Force Statistical Branch (1951–1956). While serving in the IDF, Yair earned a Diploma (1955) and an MA from the Tel Aviv University School of Law and Economics (1958). His thesis, entitled “Industrial Democracy Over the Past Half Century”, was awarded the Payis Prize for the best thesis…

Keywords: International Business; Internationalization; Strategy; Service Economy; Start-Up High-Technology Companies; High-Technology; Managerial Decision-Making; Business Education; State-Owned Enterprises; Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M1 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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