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

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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'economie de l'information naissante en Irlande: tendances recentes et perspectives d'avenir, Reg. Studies 37 , 3-14. Par moyen de l'investissement direct etranger et par l'industrie autochtone dans une des regions les plus peripheriques d'Europe, cet article cherche a examiner la naissance de l'activite liee a l'economie de l' information. La reprise economique recente en Irlande a profite considerablement de la restructuration des societes internationales au fur et a mesure que, notamment les societes americaines, ont redefini leurs activites au sein du marche unique europeen. En depit des soucis continuels quant a la dependance excessive vis a vis de l'IDE, les decideurs irlandais cherchent a faire en sorte que les habilites requises et l'infrastructure necessaire soient suffisamment assurees afin de consolider l'attrait de l'Irlande pour l'investissement, tout en encourageant le developpement des entreprises autotochtones a la pointe de la technologie. Bien que les services echanges sur le plan international, tels le logiciel, les services financiers, le telemarketing, et les services communs, se soient developpes dans les dernie res annees, Le niveau general de la regionalisation de ces activites au sein du pays laisse toujours a desirer. GRIMES S. (2003) Irlands aufkommende Informationswirtschaft: kurzlich 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 jungstes wirtschaftliches Wiederaufleben hat betrachtlich von internationaler korporativer Umstrukturierung profitiert, besonders als multinationale Firmen der USA sich auf Durchfuhrung ihrer Geschafte im gemeinsamen Markt Europas umstellten. Trotz aktueller Besorgnis uber all zu grosse Abhangigkeit von Investierungen im Ausland, suchen die fur Politik Verantwortlichen in Irland sicherzustellen, dass sowohl Fertigkeiten als auch infrastrukturelle Anspruche angemessen erfullt werden, damit Irlands Anziehungskraft fur Investoren erhalten bleibt, gleichzeitig aber auch das Wachstum einheimischer Hochtechnologiefirmen ermutigt wird. Obschon international gehandelte Dienstleistungssektoren wie Software, finanzielle Dienstleistungen, Telemarketing und gemeinsame Dienstleistungen in den letzten Jahren betrachtlich zugenommen haben, ist die Gesamtho he der Regionalisierung dieser geschaftlichen Unternehmungen im Lande bisher enttauschend gering geblieben.

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  • Seamus Grimes, 2003. "Ireland's Emerging Information Economy: Recent Trends and Future Prospects," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(1), pages 3-14.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:37:y:2003:i:1:p:3-14
    DOI: 10.1080/0034340022000033367
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