TY - BOOK AU - Aylward,Ciarán AU - O'Toole,Ronnie AU - Aylward,Ciaraþn ED - Forfás, Ireland. TI - Perspectives on Irish productivity SN - 9780953037919 : U1 - 338.9417 AYL PY - 2007/// CY - Dublin PB - Forfas KW - Industrial productivity KW - Ireland KW - Statistics KW - Production (Economic theory) KW - Industries KW - Manufacturing industry KW - Agricultural sector KW - Economic conditions N1 - "A selection of essays by Irish and International Economists."; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Trends in output, employment and productivity in Ireland, 1995-2005. J.J. Sexton -- 2.Services sector productivity: the tigers next challenge? Diana Farrell, Janna Remes and Conor Kehoe -- 3.Trends in the regional economic activity of Ireland: the role of productivity. Edgar Morgenroth -- 4.Perspectives on Northern Ireland's productivity performance. Joseþ Luis Iparraguirre D'Elia -- 5.Public sector productivity measurement: an impossible takes? Richard Boyle -- 6.Productivity in Irish agriculture. Alan Matthews, Carol Newman and Fiona Thorne -- 7.Productivity in Irish residential construction industry. Ciaþran Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole -- 8.Productivity in the Irish road freight industry. Ciaþran Aylward and Ronnie O'Toole -- 9.The influence of institutions. Rory O'Donnell and Noel Cahill -- 11.Privatisiation and productivity performance in Ireland. Donal Palcic and Eoin Reeves -- 12.Privatisation and productivity: lessons from the UK. David Parker -- 13. The impact of regulations in Ireland. Robert Watt and Derek Scally -- 14.Productivity spillovers from multinational companies. Hilger Go·rg -- 15.Regional policy and agglomeration economies in Ireland. Eoin O'Leary -- 16.The role for clusters in Irish economic development policy. Eleanor Doyle and Connell Fanning -- 17.Aggregate production effects of road investment: a reassessment for Western Europe -- 18.Human capital and productivity in the Irish context. Catherine Kavanagh and Eleanor Doyle -- 19.The impact of R&D on productivity. Dirk Czarnitzki and Niall O'Byrnes -- 20.Public investment in R&D in Ireland. Maurice Daggs -- 21.ICT and competitiveness: what prospects for the Lisbon strategy? Susanne Mundschenk -- 22.Information technology performance and process: four case studies. Daniel Maddox -- 23.Exports and productivity. Richard Kneller -- 24.Outward direct investment and productivity. Ronnie O'Toole -- 25.The distribution of productivity in Irish manufacturing, 1995-2003. Stefanie Haller ER -