Tagged: Economy
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#OI2Dublin – Interview with Mikko Huuskonen, Finnish government (video) News
20.05.2013 Mikko Huuskonen from the Finnish government talks about the importance of innovation and how small countries can use innovation to overcome economic adversity. -
#OI2Dublin - Dr Stephen Hawking says world needs a more sustainable trajectory News
20.05.2013 Celebrated physicist Dr Stephen Hawking has warned that in light of the world surpassing 400ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide – the highest in 2m-3m years – the world... -
New study aims to measure Europe’s app economy News
09.05.2013 A new project known as Eurapp has been launched by the European Commission with the aim of measuring the size of the app economy in Europe. The Digital Enterprise Research... -
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Ireland is No 1 in Europe for enjoying economic effects of innovation News
26.03.2013 Ireland is the top of the EU league table for making knowledge and innovation work for the real economy. Despite this achievement, the EU’s Innovation Union Scoreboard placed... -
Technology M&A activity to pick up in 2013, claims report News
25.02.2013 A review of Ireland’s merger and acquisition (M&A) market for 2012 predicts that there will be a new phase of activity in this sector over the coming years, particularly as a... -
Vodafone Q3 revenues decline 2.6pc due to struggling European economy News
07.02.2013 Vodafone’s third-quarter revenues declined 2.6pc – its second quarterly loss in row – to €11.3bn due to challenging conditions in Southern Europe and declines in Northern and... -
The thin green line – reforestation could hold back deserts and cool our planet News
01.02.2013 At first it sounds like science fiction – planting a green wall of trees in Northern Africa to hold back the expansion of the Sahara desert. But the way Marie Noelle-Keijzer,... -
New centre for entrepreneurship education to open at CIT News
29.01.2013 A new centre has been set up at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), with the aim of addressing gaps in current research on entrepreneurship in an Irish context and to inform...