page_title: Yossi Dashti
section_title: Academia
hierarchical_section_title: Yossi Dashti / Academia
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Dashti in Israel-China High-Tech Cooporetion Excebition
context_page_description: Yossi Dashti is an Israeli-American author, researcher, and business facilitator, in the field of computer information systems, innovation and entrepreneurship. In his books and publications, he promotes value creation and process improvements, while integrating academic research and practical technology innovation business experience. In his early career, Dr. Dashti was engaged with Information Technology and software applications and was among the pioneers in the development of Electronic Data Interchange and E-Commerce platforms. Since 2008, he has been actively promoting China-Israel collaboration in academia and industry, teaching in several universities and setting technology transfer in the two countries. His engagements and contribution to the China Israel relationship are presented and exemplified in his book titled “Jewish Principals, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – China-Israel Collaboration Opportunities”. Dr. Dashti has also been involved in social activities, mainly in the field of education, serving as a board member of several associations.
context_section_description: Dashti holds a B.Sc. in computer systems from the University of San Francisco, and an MBA with an emphasis on Information Technologies (IT) and international marketing from the University of California at Irvine. In 2001, he began his doctoral research at the California Graduate Institute. In 2005 he moved to the Faculty of Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, where he completed a research, focusing on the success factors of technology startup companies. In his doctoral dissertation, "Alliances and the Success of Technological Ventures", he examined the factors that contributed to the successful exit of startup companies that were acquired in Mergers and Acquisitions transactions.
  Dashti's academic work focuses on the ways to create economic value in an innovative entrepreneurial environment. Among the topics of his research are regional ecosystems development through innovation hubs, success factors of high-tech ventures, mergers and acquisitions among technology companies, exit strategy of start-up companies, process improvement of the supply chain through the implementation of electronic commerce, and leveraging business support networks to improve the firm's performance. In addition, he is teaching innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy for graduate students at the Technion is Haifa and in entrepreneurship and innovation programs at Peking University   and Renmin University of China in Beijing, and Sichuan University in Chengdu.
caption: Dr. Dashti in Israel-China High-Tech Cooporetion Excebition
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