Dr. Navon Aya
Fields of Research
School of Management & Economics
Innovation and impact investments
Blended finance models
Impact measurement and management
Systemic change to promote social or environmental impact
Short Bio
Dr. Aya Navon Wurgaft serves as the head of the impact track in the MBA program at Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College, and head of research at the Israeli Forum for Impact Economy (IFIE). Dr. Navon holds a PhD in Business Administration from the Hebrew University and a master’s degree in psychology and cognition science. She specializes in complexity theory, institutional theory, and system thinking—and how these disciplines relate to the emerging field of impact entrepreneurship in Israel. With over 15 years of experience in management, consulting, and research, she is a partner in leading projects in Israel and around the world, focusing on systemic change and impact management and measurement processes.
Selected Publications
1. From Social Business to Impact Nation: Frames, Networks, and Systemic Power in an Emerging Issue Field. 2022. 149 pages. English. Thesis submitted for the degree of “Doctor of Philosophy” at the Hebrew University, under the supervision of Prof. Tammar Zilber
2. Abbou, I., Gidron, B., Buber-Ben David, N., Greenberg, Y., Monnickendam-Givon, Y., & Navon, A. (2017). Social enterprise in Israel: the swinging pendulum between collectivism and individualism. Social Enterprise Journal, 13(4), 329-344
3. Navon, A., & Chayat, A. (2017). Social Capital and Social Enterprises. Organizational Analysis, 23. [In Hebrew].
4. Aug. 2018, Institutional Fields as Negotiation – Frames in Interaction: Evidence
from The Emerging Field of Social Entrepreneurship in Israel Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting
5. July, 2017, Challenging change: A process view of field emergence
Paper presented at the process conference in Greece
6. Feb. 2016, Ethnography in an emerging field – Challenges and debates
Paper accepted to the seventh Israeli Conference of Qualitative Research – The Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel.
7. Jun. 2015, Negotiation processes in the emerging field of social enterprises in Israel Paper accepted to The Social business – International and Israeli perspectives conference in Rishon Letzion, Israel