Dr. Gil Avnimelech

Head Entrepreneurship Center and Co-Head of the MBA Specialization in Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business Administration

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Dr. Gil Avnimelech is a senior lecturer and the director of the entrepreneurship center at Ono Academic College. From 2021-2023 he was the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. Between 2015 and 2020 he was the Vice Dean for Research. Dr. Avnimelech teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at Ono Academic College and Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Avnimelech is one of the leading researchers of the Israeli innovative ecosystem. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, accelerators, open innovation, lean startup, venture capital, cluster development, and innovation policy. Gil has published over 30 articles in leading academic journals, over 15 chapters in academic books and received several research grants.

Dr. Avnimelech is continually involved in the Israeli entrepreneurial ecosystem as a consultant, mentor, lecturer, and researcher. He also managed the StartOno accelerator for three cohorts. Before his academic position at Ono Academic College, Dr. Avnimelech worked with Prof. Maryann Feldman as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gil conducted his Ph.D. at the School of Management, Ben Gurion University. Gil has an MA thesis in Strategy and a BA in Economics from the Hebrew University.

Education

Post-doctorate (2)

Public Policy Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009

Post-doctorate (1)

Faculty of Management, Tel-Aviv University, 2008

Ph.D.

School of Management, Ben Gurion University, 2008

MA Thesis

Faculty of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2004

MA

Department of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, 2002

BA

Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1999

Teaching Areas

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems, innovation entrepreneurial finance, accelerators, open innovation, and business plan writing.

Research interests

Entrepreneurship, innovation, financing, mentoring entrepreneurship, accelerators, open innovation, industrial clusters, regional development, and government policy in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Selected Publications

Avnimelech, G., & Rechter, E. (2023). How and why accelerators enhance female entrepreneurship. Research Policy, 52(2), 104669.
Rechter, E. and Avnimelech, G. (2021). Mentoring processes within Startup Accelerators, The Study of Organizations and Human Resource Management Quarterly (in Hebrew), 6(2), pp. 83-95.
Zelekha, Y., Yaakobi, E. and Avnimelech, G. (2018). Attachment Orientations and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 28(3), pp. 495-522.
Avnimelech, G. and M. Feldman, (2015). The Stickiness of University Spin-offs: A study of formal and informal spin-offs from 124 U.S. academic institutions. International Journal of Technology Management, 68(1-2), pp. 122-149.
Avnimelech, G., Zelekha, Y., and E. Sharabi, (2014). The Effect of Corruption on Entrepreneurship in Developed versus non-Developed Countries. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 20(3), pp. 237-262.
Zelekha, Y., Avnimelech, G., and E. Sharabi, (2014). Religion Institutions and Entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 42(4), pp. 747-767.
Avnimelech, G., (2013). Targeting the Biotechnology Clusters in North Carolina and Israel: Lessons from Successful and Unsuccessful Policy Making, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 25(7), pp. 835-851.
Avnimelech, G. and M. Teubal, (2008). Evolutionary Targeting, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 18(2), pp. 151-166.
Avnimelech, G. (2008). A Five-Phase Entrepreneurial Oriented Innovation and Technology Policy Profile: The Israeli Experience, European Planning Studies, 16(1), pp. 81-98.
Avnimelech, G. and M. Teubal, (2006). Creating Venture Capital (VC) Industries that Co-Evolve with High Tech Clusters: Insights from an Extended Industry Life Cycle Perspective of the Israeli Experience, Research Policy, 35(10), pp. 1477-1498.