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![NCPC Bulletin 24 4 IMD World Competitiveness Rankings 2024](/pdfpreview/2371.png?width=200)
The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council is pleased to publish Bulletin 24-4 IMD World Competitiveness Rankings which examines Ireland’s fourth place in the IMD’s World Competitiveness rankings. This ranking demonstrates that t...
![Bulletin 24-3 Competitiveness And The Housing Market In Ireland](/pdfpreview/2352.png?width=200)
The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) is pleased to publish Competitiveness Bulletin 24-3 ‘Competitiveness and the Housing Market in Ireland’ which examines the implications of the housing market for Ireland’s competi...
![NCPC Welcomes DETE-ESRI Joint Economic Research Seminar](/pdfpreview/2193.png?width=200)
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Joint Research Programme Seminar on ‘Driving Productivity in a Digital-Green Future: Insights on Twin Transition Research’ was h...
![The implications of high energy and carbon prices on firms](/pdfpreview/2280.png?width=200)
In October 2021, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment entered into an agreement with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) to embark on a joint research programme, titled “The Productivity Challenge and Its interac...
![Bulletin 24-2 Ireland’s Competitiveness and Productivity Framework](/pdfpreview/2116.png?width=200)
Ireland’s Competitiveness and Productivity Framework bulletin outlines the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council’s (NCPC) recent decision to review the longstanding pyramidal framework.
![Bulletin 24-1 Re-estimating Ireland’s International Innovation Performance](/pdfpreview/2115.png?width=200)
Ireland’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) stood at 22nd in 2023, a marginal improvement on 2022 (23rd). Ireland ranked 10th among the EU-27 and continues to perform significantly better under innovation outputs (18th) compared...