Can brainpower bolster Berlin’s economy? Kewenig has persuaded the state of Berlin to give him DM 11 million (nearly £3 million) to establish some centres of excellence, and attract more first class researchers.
But with economies in the whole region growing so rapidly, skilled labour is at a premium and countries are doing all they can to hang on to their brainpower.
It is helped, it acknowledges, not only by research and development grants from the Israeli government, but also the current influx of brainpower from the former Soviet Union .