TABLES
Table 1: Growth in Firm numbers and Employment in Foreign-owned
__________________Industry in Ireland 1980 - 199625__________________
|
Sector (OECD) |
High-Tech |
Medium- High-tech |
Medium-Low- _______tech______ |
Low-Tech |
Total |
|
No. of plants 1980 |
68 |
129 |
122 |
153 |
472 |
|
No. of plants 1996 |
171 |
210 |
163 |
164 |
708 |
|
% Change |
151.5% |
62.8% |
33.6% |
7.2% |
50.0% |
|
Employment 1980 |
10216 |
18792 |
10953 |
29280 |
69241 |
|
Employment 1996 |
27711 |
29160 |
11572 |
23303 |
91746 |
|
% Change_______ |
171.3% |
55.2% |
5.7% |
-20.4% |
32.5% |
Source: Calculated using data from Forfas.
Table 2: Mean Annual Entry Rates 1980-1996
|
Sector (OECD) |
High-Tech |
Medium High-tech |
Medium Low-tech |
Low-Tech |
Total |
|
Mean Annual Entry Rate |
7.2% |
4.2% |
3.6% |
4.0% |
4.6% |
Source: Calculated using data from Forfas.
Table 3: OECD Estimates of the Share of National R&D accounted
for by Foreign Affiliates and the R&D Intensity of that activity.26
|
Country |
% Share of Total National Industrial R&D by Foreign Affiliates |
Intensity of R&D Activity of Foreign Affiliates c |
% Share of Total Turnover by Foreign Affiliates |
|
Ireland (1993) |
68% |
1.17% (6) a |
54.0(1) b |
|
United Kingdom (1995) |
37% |
2.09% (4) |
31.0% (3) |
|
Spain (1995) |
33% |
NA |
NA |
|
Sweden (1995) |
21% |
2.39% (3) |
18.7% (6) |
|
Netherlands (1993) |
17% |
0.76% (7) |
42.4%(2) |
|
Turkey |
16.5% |
NA |
NA |
|
France (1994) |
16% |
1.78% (5) |
21.0% (5) b |
|
Germany (1993) |
16% |
3.17% (1) |
28.1% (4) |
|
Greece (1993) |
10% |
NA |
NA |
|
Finland (1993) |
8% |
2.61% (2) |
7.59% (7) |
Source: OECD (1998) Page 4-5 & graphically illustrated Page 20. a=own estimate b=1990 figure.
c=calculated as (R&D Spend / Turnover). Ranking relative to column one provided in ( )s.
25 This table is based on the population of Foreign-owned manufacturing companies with ten or more
employees in 1980 and 1996.
26 These estimates include R&D undertaken by foreign affiliates in some non-manufacturing
industries.
28
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