A Computational Analysis of R&D Support Programs Dagoberto Garza a , Yahel Giat b , Steven T. Hackman c , Dan Peled d* a Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico b Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel c School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA d Department of Economics, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel * Corresponding Author: 972-4-824-0084, dpeled@econ.haifa.ac.il, Dept. of Economics, Uni- versity of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel. 1