panel data for two small open economies - Ireland and Switzerland. Our analysis is based on the estimation of reduced form …

Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland … innovation intensity vary more, however, with external ownership significantly more important in Ireland. Finally, we consider …

determines the sourcing patterns of multinational plants in Ireland?, Regional Studies 39 , 225-239. Multinational enterprises … (MNEs) have played an important, if not crucial, role in the recent development of the economy of Ireland, both North and …