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Illustrative Projects
Examination of cross-border trade in Ireland – Commissioned by InterTradeIreland
and conducted in partnership with ESRI, Dublin.
This project aims to compare and clarify differences in the published series
relating to trade between Ireland
and Northern Ireland.
The project involves detailed methodological and statistical comparisons as
well as the comparison of company level data from the three available data
sources.
Ex Ante Evaluation of Publicly Funded R&D Projects – Commissioned by Forfas, Dublin this project aims
to develop a framework for the ex ante evaluation of the national benefits of
publicly funded corporate R&D. The project has involved an extensive
review of the ex post evidence on the benefits of R&D projects and the
development of a scoring framework for future projects. Case studies have
been conducted to validate the framework.
Innovation in Northern
Ireland Tradable Services Sector – Commissioned by the
Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment this project provides a
benchmark assessment of levels of innovative activity in tradable services
sectors in Northern
Ireland. The project has involved: a
review of relevant academic and practitioner literature, an analysis of the
UK Innovation Survey 2005 and comparable data for GB and detailed case
studies of innovation in five specific sectors in Northern Ireland (advertising,
computer services, business and management consultancy, architectural and
engineering services, creative media and technical testing). The implications
for future policy in this are considered.
An
Examination of Higher Education Research and Development and Knowledge
Transfer in Northern Ireland
– Commissioned by the Department
of Education and Learning, Belfast this
project aims to assess the appropriateness of current levels of support for
Higher Education R&D and knowledge transfer activity in Northern Ireland and to benchmark
these against those in other regions. Key policy lessons and examples of best
practice in knowledge transfer will be identified. This project is part of
the Department of Education and Learning’s research programme.
Scoping
Study on Service Sector Innovation in Ireland - Undertaken for Forfas, this
project provided an up-to-date review of existing academic and practitioner
literature in this area. It considered the definitional and measurement
issues which arise in trying to calibrate and develop service sector
innovation and it identified current leading practice in methodologies used
to measure and analyse service sector innovation.
Through the project, key analytical approaches to
service sector innovation and leading practice policy strategies were
identified. The project culminated in the development of an analytical
framework of sectors, companies and innovation drivers and barriers as the
basis of a best practice analytical and policy approach in Ireland
The
All-island innovation system – An
International Comparison – Commissioned by Invest Northern Ireland,
InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland, this international
comparative project is developing a review of the all-island innovation
system as part of a 10 country comparison.
This project examines R&D and innovation in Ireland
in an international context and in particular relative to other small
countries in Europe and Asia, i.e. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Finland,
Singapore, Taiwan and Korea. The project aims to identify potential policy
and strategic lessons which each of the partner countries might adopt to
strengthen their innovation systems.
Post
project evaluation of public sector support for Seagate Technology (Ireland)
Springtown –
Undertaken for Invest Northern Ireland this project comprised a comprehensive
analysis of public support for Seagate Technology (Ireland) Springtown since
the firm’s initial inward investment into Northern Ireland.
Evidence was gathered to assess economic efficiency,
additionality, cost-effectiveness and viability. An assessment was also made
of the extent to which assistance provided to Seagate Technology (Ireland) Ltd met its individual objectives,
and contributed to promoting economic and social development and productivity
growth in Northern Ireland.
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