Guy Rolnik

Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover and author Meir Shalev share thought-provoking insights about Israeli society, the direction in which it is heading, and influence.

Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover and author Meir Shalev share some thought-provoking insights about Israeli society and the direction in which it is heading.

With narrow interests which stifle competition, Israel's market today affects salary levels, competition, business norms, corporate culture, ethics, values - and democracy.

The public outrage over prices is an opportunity to cast off the stranglehold on competition.

The high-tech sector needs a big kick to make it worthy of its 'start-up nation' tag

Does Israel face a property bubble à-la U.S.?

The annual list of the 50 best companies to work for in Israel is full of monopolies and subsidiaries of American giants.

Taking the long-term perspective: The fundamentals, forces, structures and values that made us optimistic 18 years ago are weakening.

Business interests can insist that 'We're Number One' and that black is the new white. We don't have to believe them.

Only a few days after he sat with TheMarker for a long interview did it become known that Warren Buffett's firm was undergoing a corporate earthquake, with the resignation of the man many thought would succeed him at Berkshire Hathaway. As Buffett clearly understands, his reputation depends as much on his integrity and fair play as on his business acumen.

Living in Israel is a costly habit. Why is that?

Capitalism is like Cinderella, the Berkshire billionaire says in an exclusive interview with TheMarker. 'She knew at midnight that everything was going to turn into pumpkins and mice, but it was just so much damn fun, dancing there.'

Attempts to protect companies irrevocably blunt a nation's competitive edge, says Harvard's Michael Porter. It's a lesson Israel must learn.

Buffett was supposed to visit Japan to inaugurate a new Iscar plant there, but found himself with time to spare after the catastrophe and went for a long tour of South Korea.

Sublime overconfidence is becoming a national hallmark along with falafel, chutzpah and total ignorance of boundaries

Actually, you are. But you may not stay that way.

Forecasting is useless, yet we dare to predict: We are entering an era of many crises.

Strategy, for one; direction, for another. Here are five points on prices, policy and populism.

Corporate greed is passe and handing out scraps to 'social causes' as a sop is revolting. But the sick relationship between business and society can be healed.

Amy Chua's tiger mother theory has Americans talking about how to raise children and compete with the East. The equally exceptional Jewish mother is drawing no such debate in Israel.