Irish Enterprise Policy: Upwards, Outwards,
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Description: Irish Enterprise Policy Upwards Outwards Onwards Seán Ó Riain Department of Sociology Maynooth University Enterprise Policy What is it good for Growth in ExportBased Employment DJEI data after Barry and Bergin 2016 Helping Firms
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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 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 Ireland’s Enterprise and Development Challenges 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 Beyond Property and Finance: Making Capital Work Investment (gross physical capital formation) 1995-2015 European at Last? Jobs in the “Irish Model” > EU15 avg < EU15 avg Ireland’s Enterprise and Development Opportunities Enterprise Policy in Ireland STEM Graduates SFI Research FDI and Venture Capital Enterprise Ireland Supports for ‘Making Winners’ 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
