Business
A selection of publications relating to business issues in Ireland.
Business surveys
IDA IRELAND. (2012) Vital statistics. Dublin: IDA Ireland.
FORFÁS. Statistics at a glance. Dublin: Forfás.
INTERTRADEIRELAND. All-island business monitor survey. Newry: InterTradeIreland.
FORFÁS. Annual business survey of economic impact. Dublin: Forfás.
UNITE. (2008) The truth about Irish profits: an investigation of Ireland’s high-profit economy. Dublin: Unite.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. PwC CEO Pulse Survey. Dublin: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. (2012) Challenges for financial leaders: CFO pulse survey. Dublin: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT. (2010) Business leaders' survey 2010. Dublin: Sunday Independent.
DELOITTE. Deloitte CFO survey. Dublin: Deloitte.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. (2010) Business leaders snapshot survey. Dublin: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. and IRISH BUSINESS AND EMPLOYERS CONFEDERATION. (2011) Irish business beyond the recession: medium-terms investment plans of firms. Dublin: PwC and Dublin: IBEC.
IRISH BUSINESS AND EMPLOYERS CONFEDERATION. Business sentiment survey: business confidence. Dublin: IBEC.
Weather disruption
IBEC survey on economic impact of bad weather, IBEC press release, 3 December 2010
Cost impact weather has on small enterprises, Small Firms Association (SFA) press release, 1 December 2010
Survey reveals major cost of weather disruption, IBEC press release, 12 January 2010
Companies
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS and DUBLIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. (2010) Survey of Irish private companies. Dublin: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. (2010) Kin in the game: PwC family business survey 2010/2011 - Irish supplement. Dublin: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
IRISH MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE and NATIONAL IRISH BANK. (2010) Survey of Multinationals in Ireland. Dublin: Irish Management Institute and Dublin: National Irish Bank.
ACCENTURE., IDA IRELAND. and UCD MICHAEL SMURFIT GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL. (2010) Sustaining high performance in shared services: an Irish perspective. Dublin: Accenture.
Manufacturing sector
HIGH LEVEL GROUP ON MANUFACTURING. (2008) The report of the High Level Group on Manufacturing. Dublin: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Dublin: Forfás.
FORFÁS and INTERTRADEIRELAND. (2008) Environmental goods and services sector on the island of Ireland. Dublin: Forfás and Belfast: InterTradeIreland.
Construction industry
ENGINEERS IRELAND. (2011) The state of Ireland: a review of infrastructure in Ireland. Dublin: Engineers Ireland.
IRISH ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING and ENGINEERS IRELAND. (2010) Infrastructure for an island population of 8 million. Newry: InterTradeIreland.
DKM ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS. Review of the construction industry and outlook. Dublin: DKM Economic Consultants.
DKM ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS. Key construction statistics. Dublin: DKM Economic Consultants.
DKM ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS. Construction indicators. Dublin: DKM Economic Consultants.
Service sector
SERVICES STRATEGY GROUP. (2008) Catching the wave. A services strategy for Ireland. Dublin: Forfás.
AMÁRACH RESEARCH. (2011) Contact centre research. Dublin: Contact Centre Management Association of Ireland.
LAMBKIN, M. (2010) A tale of retail. Irish Director. No 16, Summer. pp48-51.
FORFAS. (2007) Ireland's co-operative sector. Dublin: Forfás.
Europe
EUROSTAT. Europe in figures - Eurostat yearbook. Luxembourg: Eurostat.
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD. (2007) European cities monitor 2007. New York: Cushman & Wakefield.
Global
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. Global CEO survey. Dublin: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
GRANT THORNTON. International business report (IBR). London: Grant Thornton.
MARKIT ECONOMICS. Pulse: the KPMG global business outlook survey. Birmingham: KPMG.
REGUS. (2011) Business confidence index. London: Regus.
DELOITTE. (2011) Foreign expansion survey. Dublin: Deloitte.
ERNST & YOUNG. (2011) Winning in a polycentric world: globalisation and the changing world of business. Ernst & Young.
ERNST & YOUNG. (2012) The world is bumpy. Globalisation and new strategies for growth. Ernst & Young.
KPMG INTERNATIONAL. (2011) Confronting complexity: research findings and insights. KPMG.
AON RISK. (2011) Global risk management survey. Chicago: Aon.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. (2012) Global MetroMonitor 2011: volatility, growth, and recovery. Washington DC: Brookings.
REPUTATION INSTITUTE. CountryRep. New York: Reputation Insitute.
Small business
For publications relating to small business, see our Small business page in the Useful Publications area.
Map of Ireland
IDA IRELAND. Ireland. Dublin: IDA Ireland.
Enterprise development
FORFÁS. (2009) Sharing our future: Ireland 2025. Strategic policy requirements for enterprise development. Dublin: Forfás.
FORFÁS. (2010) Making it happen: growing enterprise for Ireland. Dublin: Forfás.
HANNON, E., MONKS, K. and CONWAY, G. (2011) The state and industrial policy in Ireland: a case study of the Irish pharmaceutical sector. International Journal of Human Resource Management. Vol 22, No 18, November. pp3692-3710.
ENTERPRISE STRATEGY GROUP. (2004) Ahead of the curve, Ireland's place in the global economy. Dublin: Enterprise Strategy Group.
DIRKS, S. and KEELING, M. (2009) A vision of smarter cities: how cities can lead the way into a prosperous and sustainable future. Somers: USA.
FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL. (2009) Fingalworks.ie, Fingal: Fingal County Council.
Enterprise Ireland
ENTERPRISE IRELAND. (2007) Transforming Irish industry: Enterprise Ireland strategy 2008-2010. Dublin: Enterprise Ireland.
ENTERPRISE IRELAND. (2011) End of Year Statement 2011. Dublin: Enterprise Ireland.
Enterprise Ireland annual reports from 1999 to 2010.
Forfás
Forfás annual reports from 1996 to 2010.
Entrepreneurship
FORFAS. (2007) Towards developing an entrepreneurship policy for Ireland. Dublin: Forfás.
INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS IN IRELAND. (2010) Entrepreneurship report. Dublin: CPA.
SIF ACCELERATED CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONSORTIUM. (2009) Entrepreneurship education in Ireland: towards creating the entrepreneurial graduate. Dundalk: ACE Initiative.
IRISH TAXATION INSTITUTE. (2010) Supporting Ireland’s entrepreneurs strategy: 5 point plan for Tax Week. Dublin: ITI.
FITZSIMONS, P. and O'GORMAN, C. Entrepreneurship in Ireland. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): the annual report for Ireland. Dublin: Dublin City University Business School.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Eurobarometer survey on entrepreneurship. Brussels: European Commission.
KELLEY, D. J., BOSMA, N. and AMORÓS, J. E. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): global report. Global Entrepreneurship Research Consortium (GERA).
Business regulation
HIGH-LEVEL GROUP ON BUSINESS REGULATION. (2008) High-Level Group on Business Regulation first report. Dublin: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
HIGH-LEVEL GROUP ON BUSINESS REGULATION. (2009) Second report of the High-Level Group on Business Regulation. Dublin: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
OECD. (2010) Better regulation in Europe: Ireland. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Corporate governance
INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS IN IRELAND. (2010) Directors' handbook. Dublin: IoD in Ireland.
BLACKWELL, C. (2011) Business blocks for business success. Dublin: IoD in Ireland and Dublin: Grant Thornton.
NATIONAL STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF IRELAND. and INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS IN IRELAND. (2010) SWiFT 3000: 2010 Code of Practice for Corporate Governance Assessment in Ireland. Dublin: NSAI.
- Go to NSAI press release
- Reported in: ROTHERY, G. (2010) Benchmarking governance. Irish Director. No 16, Summer. pp40-42.
FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL (2008) The Combined Code on Corporate Governance. London: FRC.
IRISH STOCK EXCHANGE. and IRISH ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS. (2010) Report on compliance with the Combined Code on Corporate Governance by Irish listed companies. Dublin: ISE and Dublin: IAIM.
FINANCIAL REGULATOR. (2010) Corporate governance requirements for credit institutions and insurance undertakings. Consultation paper CP41. Dublin: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland.
GRANT THORNTON. (2011) Corporate governance review 2011. Dublin: Grant Thornton.
BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDES. (2010) Corporate governance survey. Dublin: Institute of Directors in Ireland.
SCANLON, T. (2011) A pragmatic approach to governance. Irish Director. No 21, Autumn. pp34-37.
Directors
O'DEA, A. (2010) The performing board. Irish Director. No 16, Summer. pp52-55.
O'CONNELL, V. and CRAMER, N. (2010) The relationship between firm performance and board characteristics in Ireland. European Management Journal. Vol 28, No 5, October. pp387-399.
BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDES. (2011) Women on boards in Ireland survey. Dublin: Institute of Directors.
O'DEA, A. (2011) Gender divide. Irish Director. No 20, Summer. pp34-36.
ROTHERY, G. (2010) Qualified judgment. Irish Director. No 18, Winter. pp34-36.
ROTHERY, G. (2011) Outside influence. Irish Director. No 19, Spring. pp34-36. (Case study of the role of a non executive director in a small company, Professional Tradesmen.)
Companies
DEPARTMENT OF JOBS, ENTERPRISE, INNOVATION. Companies report. Dublin: DJEI.
Internet access to original documents filed in the Irish Companies Registration Office from ThePost.ie.
GREAT PLACE TO WORK INSTITUTE, IRELAND. Best workplaces in Ireland. Dublin: Irish Independent.
DELOITTE. Best Managed Companies Awards. Dublin: Deloitte.
CORPORATE REPUTATIONS and THE REPUTATION INSTITUTE. Annual Ireland RepTrak™ syndicated study. Dublin: Corporate Reputations.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE. Top 1000 companies database. Dublin: Business and Finance Media Group.
Company law
Massive overhaul of company law will make it easier and cheaper to start and run a business – Bruton, Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation press release, 30 May 2011
MAISTER, P. (2009) The letter and the spirit of the law. Irish Director. No 13, Autumn. pp36-38.
COURTNEY, T. (2008) Pillars of strength. The Lawyer. Vol 22, No 4, 28 January. pp29-30. (Looks at the new company legislation.)
KELLY, H. (2009) The facts about dawn raids. Irish Director. No 14, Winter. pp48-50.
EPS CONSULTING. (2010) Measuring the administrative burden on Irish businesses arising from information obligations under company law, employment law and health and safety legislation. Sandycove: EPS Consulting.
Mergers and acquisitions
CFM CAPITAL. (2009) A review of mergers, acquisitions and disposals. Dublin: CFM Capital.
SWIFT, J. (2010) Greener pastures. The Lawyer. 4 October. pp27-28,30,33 (Looks at how bank restructuring, rising merger and acquisition activity and official overtures towards investment funds are helping Irish business.)
GARRETT, M. (2008) Arranged thinking. The Lawyer. Vol 22, No 4, 28 January. pp30-31. (Looks at the increasing use of court-approved schemes of arrangement in Irish mergers and acquisition deals.)
Business continuity
FORFÁS. (2011) Business continuity planning in severe weather. Dublin: Forfás.
(2012) Be Winter-Ready: more OSH specific information needed. Health and Safety Review. Vol 17, No 1, January/February. p24.
Crime
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. (2011) Keeping watch: 2011 Irish economic crime report. Dublin: PwC.
NETWATCH. Commercial Crime Report. Carlow: Netwatch.
- January-June 2011 survey reported in: No rest for criminals as commercial crime spikes at weekends, Press release, 19 September 2011
- 2009 survey reported in: More than 40% of businesses victims of crime in 2009, Press release, 15 February 2010
AN GARDA SÌOCHÁNA and PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. (2009) Fraud alert. Dublin: PwC.
FITZGERALD, K. (2010) Fraud cases hold many legal pitfalls, warns lawyer. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 13, 1 April. p32.
ERNST AND YOUNG (2011) Europeanfraud survey 2011: recovery, regulation and integrity. London: Ernst and Young.
ERNST AND YOUNG (2010) Driving ethical growth - new markets, new challenges:11th global fraud survey. London: Ernst and Young.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. (2009) Economic crime in a downturn: the global economic crime survey. Dublin: PwC.
Data protection
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003: a guide to your rights. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003: a guide for data controllers. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
LANDWELL SOLICITORS. (2009) Data protection: the 8 fundamental rules. Dublin: Landwell Solicitors.
ISME. Data protection for SMEs - an owner managers guide. Dublin: ISME.
Data Protection Commissioner annual reports from 1997-2011.
- Go to reports
- 2011 report summarised in: PRENDERGAST, A. (2012) Data Commissioner reveals growing concern over collection and use of data. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 17, 3 May. pp22-23.
A&L GOODBODY SOLICITORS. (2012) Data protection and employment law in Ireland. London: CIPD.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Data protection access requests for personnel records. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Monitoring of staff. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Biometrics in the workplace. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. 'Whistleblower' schemes and compliance with the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Data protection considerations when vetting prospective employees. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Transfer of ownership of business. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION. (2012) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation). Brussels: European Commission.
FITZGERALD, K. (2012) New data protection rules could be 'abused' in industrial disputes. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 10, 8 March. pp7-8.
IRISH CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS. (2012) Submission on the European Commission's proposal for a new data protection regulation. Dublin: ICTU.
(2012) The application of data protection law to H&S. Health and Safety Review. Vol 17, No 3, April. p3.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. (2011) Personal Data Security Breach Code of Practice. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. (2008) Code of Practice on Data Protection for the Insurance Sector. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
INJURIES BOARD. (2008) Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Data Protection Code of Practice. Clonakilty: Injuries Board.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS. (2011) Protection of Personal Data Code of Practice. Dublin: Department of Education and Skills.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER. Code of Practice for An Garda Síochána. Portarlington: Data Protection Commissioner.
Information Technology
JOLING, C. and KRAAN, K. (2008) Use of technology and working conditions in the European Union. Dublin: Eurofound.
BYRNE, N. (2008) On the hunt for this year’s killer app. Irish Independent. 14 February. (Summary of the five technologies most likely to affect working practices in 2008)
GOODBODY ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS. (2011) Ireland's competitiveness and jobs opportunity: cloud computing. Dublin: Microsoft Ireland.
KENNEDY, J. (2011) The silver lining in the cloud. Irish Director. No 22, Winter. pp43-44,46,48,50-52,54-57. (Series of articles on the use of cloud computing in the business world.)
Surveys
O2 survey highlights business smartphone phenomenon, O2 press release, 6 June 2011
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (2010) CIO pulse survey 2010. Dublin: PwC.
DELOITTE. (2011) CIO survey 2011. Dublin: Deloitte.
Social media
BUSINESS AND ATTITUDES. (2010) Social media survey. Dublin: O2 Ideas Room.
IRISHJOBS.IE. (2010) The cost of social networking. Dublin: IrishJobs.ie.
REGUS. (2010) Social success? A global survey of business social networking. Weybridge: Regus.