gogo

Perspectives on Irish productivity : a selection of essays by Irish and International economists / edited by Ciarán Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin: Forfas, 2007.Description: 412 p.; ill. ; 25cm. ; casedSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9417
Online resources:
Contents:
Trends in output, employment and productivity in Ireland, 1995-2005 / J.J. Sexton -- Services sector productivity: the tigers next challenge? / Diana Farrell, Janna Remes and Conor Kehoe -- Trends in the regional economic activity of Ireland: the role of productivity / Edgar Morgenroth -- Perspectives on Northern Ireland's productivity performance / Jos Luis Iparraguirre D'Elia.
Public sector productivity measurement: an impossible takes? / Richard Boyle -- Productivity in Irish agriculture / Alan Matthews, Carol Newman and Fiona Thorne -- Productivity in Irish residential construction industry / Ciarán Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole -- Productivity in the Irish road freight industry / Ciarán Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole.
Privatisiation and productivity performance in Ireland / Donal Palcic and Eoin Reeves -- Privatisation and productivity: lessons from the UK / David Parker -- The impact of regulations in Ireland / Robert Watt and Derek Scally.
Productivity spillovers from multinational companies. Hilger Görg -- Regional policy and agglomeration economies in Ireland / Eoin O'Leary -- The role for clusters in Irish economic development policy / Eleanor Doyle and Connell Fanning -- Aggregate production effects of road investment: a reassessment for Western Europe / A. Kopp.
Human capital and productivity in the Irish context / Catherine Kavanagh and Eleanor Doyle -- The impact of R&D on productivity / Dirk Czarnitzki and Niall O'Byrnes -- Public investment in R&D in Ireland / Maurice Daggs -- ICT and competitiveness: what prospects for the Lisbon strategy? / Susanne Mundschenk -- Information technology performance and process: four case studies / Daniel Maddox.
Exports and productivity / Richard Kneller -- Outward direct investment and productivity / Ronnie O'Toole -- The distribution of productivity in Irish manufacturing, 1995-2003 / Stefanie Haller.

Includes bibliographical references.

[PART 1 Assessing Ireland's productivity performance] Trends in output, employment and productivity in Ireland, 1995-2005 / J.J. Sexton -- Services sector productivity: the tigers next challenge? / Diana Farrell, Janna Remes and Conor Kehoe -- Trends in the regional economic activity of Ireland: the role of productivity / Edgar Morgenroth -- Perspectives on Northern Ireland's productivity performance / Jos Luis Iparraguirre D'Elia.

[PART 2 Sectoral productivity performance] Public sector productivity measurement: an impossible takes? / Richard Boyle -- Productivity in Irish agriculture / Alan Matthews, Carol Newman and Fiona Thorne -- Productivity in Irish residential construction industry / Ciarán Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole -- Productivity in the Irish road freight industry / Ciarán Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole.

[PART 3 Institutions and regulation] The influence of institutions / Rory O'Donnell and Noel Cahill -- Privatisiation and productivity performance in Ireland / Donal Palcic and Eoin Reeves -- Privatisation and productivity: lessons from the UK / David Parker -- The impact of regulations in Ireland / Robert Watt and Derek Scally.

[PART 4 Agglomeration economics] Productivity spillovers from multinational companies. Hilger Görg -- Regional policy and agglomeration economies in Ireland / Eoin O'Leary -- The role for clusters in Irish economic development policy / Eleanor Doyle and Connell Fanning -- Aggregate production effects of road investment: a reassessment for Western Europe / A. Kopp.

[PART 5 Productivity and the knowledge economy] Human capital and productivity in the Irish context / Catherine Kavanagh and Eleanor Doyle -- The impact of R&D on productivity / Dirk Czarnitzki and Niall O'Byrnes -- Public investment in R&D in Ireland / Maurice Daggs -- ICT and competitiveness: what prospects for the Lisbon strategy? / Susanne Mundschenk -- Information technology performance and process: four case studies / Daniel Maddox.

[PART 6 Productivity and firm behaviour] Exports and productivity / Richard Kneller -- Outward direct investment and productivity / Ronnie O'Toole -- The distribution of productivity in Irish manufacturing, 1995-2003 / Stefanie Haller.

60.00

Powered by Koha