Intel conference address Ireland's economic future

HOW CAN the European Union - and Ireland - remain competitive in research, innovation and high value manufacturing?
A broad panel at Intel's recent European Research and Innovation conference at their Irish headquarters in Leixliip gamely tackled those issues.
First up was Intel's Irish managing director, Jim O'Hara, who considered Ireland's position.
He recalled that "Intel chose Ireland for a number of reasons" including its pro-business policies, its workforce, EU membership, that it was an English speaking country and "it was a low cost location, in those days".
What's changed, he said, is that because of our own success we've lost our cost advantage.
This is something that can be addressed by reaching for "a higher level of capability", he said, and one of Ireland's advantages may well be its small size and flexibility. Read More

Courtesy: Irish Times