Irish Enterprise Policy: Upwards, Outwards,
Description: Irish Enterprise Policy: Upwards, Outwards, Onwards Seán Ó Riain Department of Sociology Maynooth University Enterprise Policy: What is it good for? Growth in Export-Based Employment (DJEI data; after Barry and Bergin, 2016) Helping Firms
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slide1. Irish Enterprise Policy: Upwards, Outwards, Onwards Seán Ó Riain
Department of Sociology Maynooth University<br>
slide2. Enterprise Policy: What is it good for? Growth in Export-Based Employment
(DJEI data; after Barry and Bergin, 2016) Helping Firms to Export
Fostering Organisational Capabilities in the Economy (and therefore Productivity) – Firm Building
Nurturing Complex Worlds of Production and Innovation – Ecosystem Building
Crowding Out Speculation and Rents – Economy Building
Fostering Capabilities in Society – Society Building<br>
slide3. Ireland’s Enterprise and Development Challenges<br>
slide4. Foreign Investment and Indigenous Enterprise Corporate Profits in Ireland 2015:
“Real” Irish activity – $58bn “Real” Foreign activity – $10bn Profit shifting by Foreign firms (mainly US) – $106bn
Torslov, Wier and Zucman (2018; Table 2) Persons Engaged in Ireland:
Foreign Firms: 38,085 Irish Firms: 43,925<br>
slide5. Beyond Property and Finance: Making Capital Work Investment (gross physical capital formation) 1995-2015<br>
slide6. European at Last? Jobs in the “Irish Model” > EU15 avg < EU15 avg<br>
slide7. Ireland’s Enterprise and Development Opportunities<br>
slide8. Enterprise Policy in Ireland STEM Graduates SFI Research FDI and Venture Capital Enterprise Ireland
Supports for ‘Making Winners’<br>
slide9. Moving Upwards, Outwards and Onwards Upwards: Improved Investment in Upgrading and Innovation
Capital: Using public banks to drive productive investment
Labour: Learning workplaces
Learning and Innovation: Research programmes focused on indigenous firms
“Indigenous-proofing” Enterprise Policy
Outwards: Extending the Footprint of Enterprise Policy
Capital: Local banks and patient investment and working capital
Labour: Breaking the “Low Learning Trap”
Learning and Innovation: Innovation pathways across educational institutions, agencies and sectors
Regional Enterprise Policy Networks
Onwards: Linking Enterprise and Social Development
Driving and legitimating the development of the financial system, labour market and social provision – looking beyond markets
The value of organisational learning, even if exports don’t grow
Mission-Oriented Innovation? Big Bang or Ongoing Interaction
E.g. sustainable construction; community care provision; learning pathways across institutions<br>
Department of Sociology Maynooth University<br>
slide2. Enterprise Policy: What is it good for? Growth in Export-Based Employment
(DJEI data; after Barry and Bergin, 2016) Helping Firms to Export
Fostering Organisational Capabilities in the Economy (and therefore Productivity) – Firm Building
Nurturing Complex Worlds of Production and Innovation – Ecosystem Building
Crowding Out Speculation and Rents – Economy Building
Fostering Capabilities in Society – Society Building<br>
slide3. Ireland’s Enterprise and Development Challenges<br>
slide4. Foreign Investment and Indigenous Enterprise Corporate Profits in Ireland 2015:
“Real” Irish activity – $58bn “Real” Foreign activity – $10bn Profit shifting by Foreign firms (mainly US) – $106bn
Torslov, Wier and Zucman (2018; Table 2) Persons Engaged in Ireland:
Foreign Firms: 38,085 Irish Firms: 43,925<br>
slide5. Beyond Property and Finance: Making Capital Work Investment (gross physical capital formation) 1995-2015<br>
slide6. European at Last? Jobs in the “Irish Model” > EU15 avg < EU15 avg<br>
slide7. Ireland’s Enterprise and Development Opportunities<br>
slide8. Enterprise Policy in Ireland STEM Graduates SFI Research FDI and Venture Capital Enterprise Ireland
Supports for ‘Making Winners’<br>
slide9. Moving Upwards, Outwards and Onwards Upwards: Improved Investment in Upgrading and Innovation
Capital: Using public banks to drive productive investment
Labour: Learning workplaces
Learning and Innovation: Research programmes focused on indigenous firms
“Indigenous-proofing” Enterprise Policy
Outwards: Extending the Footprint of Enterprise Policy
Capital: Local banks and patient investment and working capital
Labour: Breaking the “Low Learning Trap”
Learning and Innovation: Innovation pathways across educational institutions, agencies and sectors
Regional Enterprise Policy Networks
Onwards: Linking Enterprise and Social Development
Driving and legitimating the development of the financial system, labour market and social provision – looking beyond markets
The value of organisational learning, even if exports don’t grow
Mission-Oriented Innovation? Big Bang or Ongoing Interaction
E.g. sustainable construction; community care provision; learning pathways across institutions<br>