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A Study of the Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity (SERVICEGAP)

Researchers

Siedschlag,Iulia / Ruane,Frances / Fitz Gerald,John / Haller,Stefanie

The performance of service industries has come to the forefront of research and policy debate on Europe’s comparative economic performance. While there is a vast literature on the importance of service industries in understanding aggregate economic growth, to date there still remains a lack of solid empirical evidence to delineate the main channels through which services affect growth and their quantitative importance. This research project will provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of recent trends and developments in service industries and their contribution to economic growth in Europe in comparison to other industrialised countries such as the US. The analysis will focus on three research areas:

• Productivity and its drivers in service industries
• Firm strategies in the knowledge-based economy
• Internationalisation of service industries and growth

The results of this research will advance the knowledge base that underpins the formulation and implementation measures fostering growth-enhancing investment in knowledge and human capital in service industries and service functions in other sectors. They will also enhance the understanding of business potentials in the service sector by adopting a comparative perspective across industries and countries and analysing obstacles to innovation and internationalisation, with particular attention paid to knowledge-intensive services.

This research project with a duration of three years will start on 1 March 2010 and it is funded under the EU RTD 7th Framework Programme. The ESRI research team is part of an European Research Consortium of leading universities and research institutes. Iulia Siedschlag is joint scientific co-ordinator together with Mary O’Mahony (University of Birmingham) and Irene Bertschek (Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim) and will lead the research on the internationalisation of services and growth.

DYNREG - Dynamic Regions in a Knowledge Driven Global Economy - lessons and policy implications for the EU

Researchers

Siedschlag,Iulia / Morgenroth, Edgar / Schiffbauer,Marc / O'Brien,Martin / Murphy,Gavin / Haller,Stefanie / Smith,Donal / Zhang,Xiaoheng

For more details on this project and to download working papers produced by the project partners please go to the DYNREG pages.

Knowledge Economy, Economic Transformations and ICT in the EU25+: Regional Dynamics in the Deployment Phase (EUICT)

Researchers

Siedschlag,Iulia / Murphy,Gavin / Fitz Gerald,John / Haller,Stefanie

This study is being carried out by the ESRI with Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and various national and international experts. The study will develop a theoretical and empirical analysis of the consequences of ICT use and globalization on regional economies in the EU. In particular, the analysis will draw on clear and concrete examples from a sample of European regional case-studies on a number of mechanisms such as technological and knowledge spillovers, interactions and networking between firms, learning capacity, in order to illustrate the main determinants of ICT absorption and impact on economic efficiency in EU regions. Further, the case studies will highlight the emergence of new structures, and organization of economic activities related to ICT use, with a special emphasis on the role of ICT on changing nature of interactions between economic agents. Finally, the study will draw policy implications for the EU and underline possible directions for future research.

PLATON+ - Strengthening the role that Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities have on the Development of the European Research Area

Researchers

Traistaru-Siedschlag,Iulia / Murphy,Gavin / Smith,Donal

Dr Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag is Lead Scientist for Ireland in this project that aims to foster dissemination of European research in Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities and to facilitate integration and co-ordination of research in the EU 7th RTD Framework Programme.

The project dissemination activities will include workshops, conferences, policy briefs and will address the research community, policy makers, business representatives and NGOs. ESRI is a partner in a Consortium of 12 leading European research organisations. The project, with a duration of 30 months, starts in January 2008 and is funded from the EU 7th RTD Framework Programme.

Turning Globalisation to National Advantage: Economic Policy Lessons from Ireland’s Experience

Researchers

Traistaru-Siedschlag,Iulia / Fitz Gerald,John / Haller,Stefanie / Schiffbauer,Marc

This joint TCD/ESRI research project is funded from the Government of Ireland Thematic Research Project Grants Scheme administered by the Irish Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS).

Professor Patrick Honohan, TCD is the Principal Investigator. Professor John Fitz Gerald, ESRI, Professor Frank Barry, TCD, and Dr Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag, Senior Research Officer, ESRI, are Associate Investigators.

Ireland is the most globalised economy in the world, and has consolidated this position over the past two decades, during which aggregate living standards in Ireland suddenly managed to converge to those of the world’s leading economies. This research project will clarify how the forces of globalization influenced the Irish economy and how Ireland managed to cope. Ireland’s successful navigation through the hazards of the emergent global economy have policy lessons for countries that have found globalisation more of a challenge.

The central research questions fall into five strands:

(i) FDI: how far can productivity growth and the use of new technology in manufacturing and service firms in Ireland be attributed to the direct or indirect effects of inward FDI?
(ii) Aid: What characteristics of the institutional arrangements for managing the inflow of foreign aid (EU structural funds) contributed to their effective management and what light does this throw on political economy theories of agency problems in making aid effective?
(iii) Capital markets: How far have international capital markets limited the policy space available for Irish fiscal and monetary policy, or have they enhanced the ability of policymakers to deliver good competitiveness, growth and stability outcomes?
(iv) Labour market openness: What effect has the reversal of international labour market flows had on productivity, the level and structure of wages and unemployment?
(v) Transferability: How might the lessons of Ireland’s experience with globalisation be transferred to other countries with very different institutional structures?