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  • Building economic competitiveness

    Topics:
    • Economic policy, 
    • Statistics and economic research

    Date published: 1 March 2011

     Information and reports on building economic competitiveness including lessons learned from a range of European economies. 

    Lessons from small peripheral European economies

    The Centre for Business Research in Cambridge, along with Oxford Economics, has carried out a review of factors behind economic success in Finland, Ireland, Sweden and Estonia.

    An overview report highlights key elements of economic policy contributing to their success and advises on their applicability for Northern Ireland.

    The full report contains detailed information on the drivers of economic success and an in-depth study of each of the identified economies. Individual chapters are available to download below.

    Research Seminar

    A Research Seminar was held on 30 June 2011 with relevant economic stakeholders to help disseminate the findings of the research. A copy of the presentation given is available to download below.

    Documents

    • Overview report Adobe PDF (667 KB)
    • Chapter 1: Productivity comparisons and selection of case study countries Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Chapter 2: The Impact of R&D and Innovation on Productivity Adobe PDF (724 KB)
    • Chapter 3: The Impact of Education on Productivity Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Chapter 4: Enterprise Policies Adobe PDF (2 MB)
    • Chapter 5: Inward Investment and Corporation Tax Adobe PDF (620 KB)
    • Chapter 6: Regulation of Product and Labour Markets Adobe PDF (450 KB)
    • Chapter 7: Economic Development Policy in Finland Adobe PDF (3 MB)
    • Chapter 8: Economic Development in Sweden Adobe PDF (2 MB)
    • Chapter 9: Economic Development Policy in Ireland Adobe PDF (2 MB)
    • Chapter 10: Economic Development Policy in Estonia Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Building economic competitiveness presentation Adobe PDF (528 KB)

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