Ireland's Emerging Information Economy: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

Abstract

GRIMES S. (2003) Ireland's emerging information economy: recent trends and future prospects, Reg. Studies 37 , 3-14. This paper examines the emergence of information economy related activity through inward investment and the indigenous sector in one of Europe's most peripheral regions. Ireland's recent economic resurgence has benefited considerably from international corporate restructuring as US multinationals in particular reconfigured their operations within Europe's single market. Despite the on-going concern about over-dependence on FDI, policy makers in Ireland seek to ensure that both skills and infrastructural requirements are adequately provided in order to solidify Ireland's attractiveness for investment while, at the same time, encouraging the growth of indigenous high technology companies. Although internationally traded services sectors such as software, financial services, telemarketing and shared services have expanded considerably in recent years, the overall level of regionalization of these activities within the country has been disappointing to date. GRIMES S. (2003) L'économie de l'information naissante en Irlande: tendances récentes et perspectives d'avenir, Reg. Studies 37 , 3-14. Par moyen de l'investissement direct étranger et par l'industrie autochtone dans une des régions les plus périphériques d'Europe, cet article cherche à examiner la naissance de l'activité liée à l'économie de l' information. La reprise économique récente en Irlande a profité considérablement de la restructuration des sociétés internationales au fur et à mesure que, notamment les sociétés américaines, ont redéfini leurs activités au sein du marché unique européen. En dépit des soucis continuels quant à la dépendance excessive vis à vis de l'IDE, les décideurs irlandais cherchent à faire en sorte que les habilités requises et l'infrastructure nécessaire soient suffisamment assurées afin de consolider l'attrait de l'Irlande pour l'investissement, tout en encourageant le développement des entreprises autotochtones à la pointe de la technologie. Bien que les services échangés sur le plan international, tels le logiciel, les services financiers, le télémarketing, et les services communs, se soient développés dans les derniè res années, Le niveau général de la régionalisation de ces activités au sein du pays laisse toujours à désirer. GRIMES S. (2003) Irlands aufkommende Informationswirtschaft: kürzlich aufgetretene Tendenzen und Zukunftsaussichten, Reg. Studies 37 , 3-14. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht das Aufkommen Informationswirtschaft bezogener Unternehmen durch Investitionen aus dem Ausland und dem einheimischen Sektor in einer der abgelegensten Regionen Europas. Irlands jüngstes wirtschaftliches Wiederaufleben hat beträchtlich von internationaler korporativer Umstrukturierung profitiert, besonders als multinationale Firmen der USA sich auf Durchführung ihrer Geschäfte im gemeinsamen Markt Europas umstellten. Trotz aktueller Besorgnis über all zu grosse Abhängigkeit von Investierungen im Ausland, suchen die für Politik V...

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