Summary: Today on The Cost of Doing Business:Cyber madness: Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and a slew of other multinationals invest in cyber security in Israel, making Be’er Sheba the cyber mecca of the Western world. TheMarker’s Orr Hirschauge gives us the detailsWhy is Israel’s labor productivity among the lowest in the OECD? Is it all the public sector’s fault? Professor Eyal Kimchi of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem & Deputy Director of TAUB Centre for Social Policy Studies in Israel, breaks it down for usNearly four years after its discovery, the enormous Leviathan natural gas deposit has finally been recognized as a “a discovery” by the government. Why the delay? Dr. Amit Mor of Eco Energy Consulting Strategic Investments, explainsThe Tel Aviv Stock Exchange goes down and analysts are quick to declare “market correction”. Is there a downward trend in Tel Aviv, or just January gloom? Ella Alkalay, Vice President and Business Development Director at IBI Investment house, calms us and alarms us at the same timeWhy is Kibbutz Maagan Michael, one of the few remaining traditional, collective kibbutzim, a shining example of both socialism and capitalism? Professor Michal Palgi, Director of the Institute for Research of the Kibbutz and the Cooperative Idea at the University of Haifa, explains. Playlist:Public Image ltd - Warrior David Lynch & Lykke Li - I'm Waiting Here Spiritualized - Little Girl The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey Backup song: Peter Murphy - Strange kind of love
