The Tangible Contribution of R&D Spending Foreign-Owned Plants to a Host Region: a Plant Level Study of the Irish Manufacturing Sector (1980-1996)



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)
(1980-1996)_______________

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
Manufacturing

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.

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