group employment exceeds 500 employees and is lo -cated outside the Centre region By holding concurrently two criteria, the size of the
which in turn can yield employment gains and contribute to the general economic health of a state, region or nation 12.
the national economy in terms of their sizeable contribution to GDP, employment generation, export performance, and achieving sustainable national economic development,
sizeable contribution to GDP, employment generation, export performance, and achieving sustainable national economic development, most
It underpins employment, economic growth and global exports, while providing citizens with resources and mobility that are essential to the quality of life
Annual Employment Survey Forfã¡s July 2013 Ireland†s Competitiveness Performance 2013 Forfã¡s May 2013
Annual Employment Survey 2011 Forfã¡s August 2012 National Skills Bulletin 2012 NCC July 2012
financial system and anemic employment recovery since the Great Recession. But Europe faces a challenge of equal or even greater
While employment presents a formidable challenge in many European countries, sacrificing productivity for jobs†that is, deliberately creating
â€oefirms with high levels of ICT are more likely to grow (in terms of employment) and less
they had increased both productivity and expanded employment over the past year. 61 Castiglione measures the impact of ICT investments in Italian manufacturing firms and
speeding up too quickly and purportedly leading to unemployment. 1 The main problems with this view are that productivity is clearly not speeding up,
impact on either unemployment or workforce growth. 1 Reality, as usual, will probably sit somewhere comfortably between these two
proportion of their employment in small firms Firm size matters for the EU because larger firms are more likely to invest in ICT.
This explains the overriding focus in Europe on job creation and the concern that productivity growth will conflict with job growth.
top priority. 156 As long as European policymakers continue to place job creation above productivity it will be difficult to close the productivity gap with the United states. To be
Europe (and the United states), job creation is important. But productivity growth is just as important, and will become even relatively more important as the years go on
restructure work through ICT that might lead to some layoffs. Yet it is only by pursuing
Philipp Koellinger, â€oeimpact of ICT on Corporate Performance, Productivity and Employment Dynamics†(European commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate General, December 2006
Employment in France and Germany (Mckinsey Global Institute, March 1997 http://www. mckinsey. com/insights/europe/removing barriers to growth and employment in france a
Murat Seker, â€oerigidities in Employment protection and Exporting, †World Development 40, no. 2 2012): ) 238†50
firms, employment and patents, with the conclusion that the connection between priorities and the economic and innovation structures is weak
For this, we have used Eurostat data on the number of organisations, employment data and patent applications in absolute terms,
growth of employment. We found that there were some connections between the RIS3 priorities of food, services and advanced manufacturing and
employment in 2010 (illustrated in Figure 7), there being overlaps in most sectors except for
Eurostat employment data for 2010, SBS data by NACE Rev. 2 for the EU-28 (and Norway) with missing data for
relative growth of the number of firms and employment, and the absolute number of patent
sectors, employment and patent applications. The chosen innovation priorities somewhat reflect growth in employment, the relative growth of the number of local units and the absolute number
of patent applications. However, the overall relationship between priorities and the economic and innovation structure seems weak.
Employment activities Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
data on firms, employment and patents, with the conclusion that the connection between priorities and the economic and
â€oethe effects of broadband deployment on output and employment: a cross -sectional analysis of U s. dataâ€;
employment: a cross-sectional analysis of U s. data, in: Issues in Economic policy no. 6, The Brookings Institute, July
skills (e g. through in service training, peer-learning and informal and non-formal learning as lifelong learners themselves
become part of both initial teacher education and in service training In summary, the further development and progressive mainstreaming of ICT-ELI requires ownership
and ICT skills (e g. through in service training, peer-learning and informal and non -formal learning), as lifelong learners themselves
and ICT skills (e g. through in service training, peer-learning and informal and non -formal learning), as lifelong learners themselves
and ICT skills (e g. through in service training, peer-learning and informal and non -formal learning), as lifelong learners themselves
and ICT skills (e g. through in service training peer-learning and informal and non-formal learning), as lifelong learners themselves
1. Employment, 75%of citizens between 20-64 years old should have a job 2. Innovation, 3%of the EU€ s GDP should go to investments in R&d
Therefore, unemployment will be decreased and production will be increased 3. Benefits from the EU 16 17 3. 1. 2 Using Existing Tools
competitiveness, growth and employment to boost the Single Market •External Policy Tools: The European commission ensures that SMES have the same
to bring social progress, employment and a positive outcome for the environment Indeed, the Single Market can offer many advantages for your business.
research and development and innovation, resource-efficiency and employment in order to ensure that reforms being pursued in these sectors are held successfully
4. Promotion of entrepreneurship, job creation and inclusive growth The Commission will present a set of policy recommendations throughout 2011
convergence, regional competitiveness and employment and Euro -pean Territorial Cooperation SMES can benefit from different funding possibilities targeting the above objectives.
-lic administrations, NGOS and social partners, involved in the sector of employment and social inclusion http://ec. europa. eu/employment social/emplweb/esf projects 117/search. cfm
4. 3. 2 Regional Competitiveness and Employment This objective aims at boosting the growth of employment.
Funding is provided to wealthier regions of the EU in order to encourage an even higher development and make sure that poverty is eliminated. 168
ESF under the Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective supports the adaption of enter -prises and workers through lifelong learning as well as innovation within organisations.
Table 3. 2 Midwest Employment by Sector Q1 2012, based on FÃ S Regional Labour market Bulletin 2012 & CSO Figures 21
achieve higher levels of employment right across Europe Ireland is embracing a new chapter in
contributing to business and employment growth. Greater collaboration amongst the actors involved in research and innovation
of unemployment, Gross Value Added (GVA) which is below the national average and low numbers
the employment of a dedicated Cluster Facilitator and the establishment of a formal monitoring framework
assets and outputs and employment in knowledge-intensive activities5. This analysis recognises that Ireland†s innovation
•Inclusive growth, fostering a high-employment economy and delivering economic, social and territorial cohesion Investing in research, innovation and entrepreneurship is
The irish Government Strategy for Job creation and the commitments under the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI) Action Plans for Jobs 2012-2014 have identified the need to target
employment creation across the economy The Action Plan for Jobs 2014 identifies building competitive advantage through innovation as a key
Plan aims to ensure the creation of highly productive knowledge-based employment and to offer a
-West Region has an employment rate of 62.9%(based on population in the 20-64 age cohort.
and to expand the employment base in the Midwest Region 3. 1 Infrastructural Connectivity The Midwest Region has global trading links and excellent
professional, financial and IT activities accounted for 12%of the Region†s employment See Table 3. 2
Employment by broad economic sector, Q1 2012 Industry Wholesale & Retail Health Education Construction Accommodation & Food
%Table 3. 2 Midwest Employment by Sector Q1 2012, based on FÃ S Regional Labour market Bulletin
and high-end employment, the economy of the Region is also highly dependent on the indigenous SME sector for growth and employment.
Therefore while it is important for the Region to improve collaboration and innovation amongst large-scale and FDI industries, it is also critically important to
The number of graduates from Higher education Institutes in the Midwest who secure employment in the Region is an indicator of academic and business performance.
contributors to job creation and economic prosperity. HPSU activity in the Midwest Region has been low in recent years.
and the progression of employment-related development in the Region. The presence of a number of highly regarded Higher
which in turn will lead to job creation. Funding has been provided to establish industry-led technology centres. The centres are a joint initiative between Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland
support sustainable economic growth, regional development and secure employment 4. 4. 2 Industrial Development Agency (IDA
c) Data pertaining to employment, turnover and exports in the Region from the Central Statistics
•To monitor the impact of analysis and investment, particularly in the areas of employment
Survival Job creation Salary levels Tax +23 %+35 %+19 %+34 %Figure 5. 3 Survey of new firms
strengthen enterprise and employment within the energy sector in the Cork region. Supported by Cork City council and Cork County Council through their
gender, employment status, etc. or possible level of disability, can access the Internet within the privacy and proximity of their own home.
opportunities related to employment, education health, governance or peace-building, thus accelerating progress towards the achievement
employment As more and more people join the information society and high-speed communication networks become an indispensable
public-sector organizations, ICT-related employment data, as well as data related to online security and cybercrime, gender
sectors and self employment †and other barriers to consumption expenditure, such as access and availability of products, may be relevant. 34 Data
31 Household incomes include wages, salaries, self employment incomes, capital and property income, private transfers and
-economic well-being, forecast unemployment and analyse societal ties. Big data from the ICT industry play a particularly important
Polgreen, 2014), predict unemployment claims in the United states (Choi and Varian, 2009) and Germany (Askitas and Zimmermann, 2009), and
Askitas, N. and Zimmermann, K. F. 2009), Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting. Retrieved from http://ftp. iza. org/dp4201. pdf
Choi, H. and Varian, H. 2009), Predicting initial claims for unemployment benefits. Retrieved from http://static. googleusercontent. com/media/research. google. com/en//archive/papers/initialclaimsus. pdf
1. Employment †75%of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed 2. R&d †3%of the EU's GDP to be invested in Research & development
Employment rate (in%)70%63.9%(2013 R&d in%of GDP 2%0. 49%(2012 CO2 emission reduction targets-19%-50.46 (2011
Employment rate R&d Climate change and energy sustainability Fighting poverty and social exclusion Population to buy online
Employment rate Climate change and energy sustainability Fighting poverty and social exclusion Population to buy online
Employment Fighting poverty and social exclusion R&d Population to buy online Population to buy online cross-border
Unemployment & Poverty Romania should enhance the quality of active labor market policies, employment information availability, enhance
social program efficiency to reduce the risk of poverty Field of action 1 Field of action 2
observed a slowdown in terms of development and employment, this figure takes into account the average growth of ICT employment in Romania (7%year on year growth) before the economic downturn
and projects it for the 2014 †2020 period as a target for future investments.
in order to improve the growth of the ICT employment by the Romanian Government for example the state aid scheme for creating a minimum number of jobs
employment Source: The Impact of ICT on Growth in Transition Economies, Marcin Piatkowski, Warsaw 2004
Overall growth in employment 1. 28 1. 28-1. 37-0. 52 0. 38 0. 34-2. 67-0. 53-0
the major obstacles regarding the economic growth and employment egovernment Approach in Romania Public services and their efficiency are considered to have a significant impact on the economic and social
redundancy for protection in case of disasters, protection to data loss etc. IT services which may be
one of Europe†s most dynamic sectors, accounting for 3. 3%of EU GDP and 3%of employment.
ï Public libraries Provide a Path to Employment The Europe 2020 strategy to create smart, sustainable growth across the European union aims to secure
employment for three-quarters of citizens between the ages of 20 and 64 by 2020. With unemployment
hovering around 7%in Romania, public libraries are an invaluable resource to job seekers ï Internet access In public Libraries Supports Agriculture, Romania†s Primary Job Sector
employment, education, health, information and communications, mobility, security, justice and culture designed to combat social exclusion based on criteria such as poverty, geographical location, disability and
growth and employment. It proposes formal and informal education for citizens to develop digital literacy in all levels of education. 8
affect the freedom to provide services and justify Union intervention. Furthermore, based on Article 114 of the TFEU, the Union has legislated previously,
Unemployment rate1, by groups of ages, sexes and environments %2009 2010 2011 2012 Total 6, 9 7, 3 7, 4 7, 0
Employment Losing the job 1. The employment agencies are informed by the employers which intend to have certain
2. Submitting a notice of dismissal by the employer to the employees that are to be dismissed
Employment Accidents at work and work incapacity 1. Notification submitted to the labor protection department 2. Preparation of a Finding Report
2. Early retirement 2. 1 Application for Retirement 2. 2 Submission of documents attesting to the amount of work
infirmity that causes early retirement request High ï 234,000 retirees between January 2011 -January 2013 ï 5. 4 million
challenges such as climate change and unemployment. This research project has iden -tified, mapped and engaged communities that are constructing the emerging Digital
Environment, Education and Skills, Culture and Arts, Work and Employment, Participation and Democracy, Neighbourhood Regeneration, Science
OCRACY CULTURE AND ARTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORK AND EMPLOYMENT S MA RT PU BL
Work and Employment DSI AREAS AREAS OF SOCIETY New ways of making Funding acceleration and incubation
OCRACY CULTURE AND ARTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORK AND EMPLOYMENT S MA RT PU BL
Work and Employment DSI AREAS AREAS OF SOCIETY New ways of making Funding acceleration and incubation
-ing unemployment will require innovative solutions that challenge traditional ways of doing things To provide a synthetic overview, we cat
new solutions to reduce unemployment and minimise its corrosive effects on the economy and society.
the rest of the EU. Identify specific social challenges (such as health, employment, urban regeneration and care) facing countries
apprenticeships, February 2012 Policies and strategies for information and technology and business 14 Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs and the Animal Health and
providing the framework to encourage ICT skill formation at higher levels, in vocational training and in
Through their Web site, SMES can attract potential investors and persons seeking employment from abroad by providing information on their technologies and financial positions (e g. balance sheets.
e-commerce on their turnover and profitability and to a lesser extent on employment, most notably when e-commerce is part of larger business strategies of firms (OECD, 2002a.
than ISS because it includes telecoms) has accounted for 25%of net job creation and growth 19 Forrester consulting, May 2009, Study on"A Single Market for Information Society
employment, GDP, or the value added of electronic commerce activities The information society services financed by advertising
presence for the registration of a TLD could be a restriction to the freedom to provide services Art. 56 TFEU) and might also be in breach of the E-commerce Directive (Article 3 (2
justifying a restriction to the free movement of services (Article 56 TFEU. However, where a premium is 72
Provisions on freedom to provide services impose obligations on the Member States but do not prohibit market players, such as FAPL, from imposing territorial restrictions in commercial agreements
Youth unemployment & Innovation & Data analysis...90 CHAPTER III OPEN INNOVATION 2. 0 IN A REAL-WORLD SETTING...
of Employment and the Economy, Finland mikko. huuskonen@tem. fi LÃ vy SÃ bastien ITEMS International slevy@items-int. eu
Carrol interlinks existing youth unemployment solutions with modern approach of using data (and especially big data) as driver for future growth
comes to coping with the unemployment challenge Open data and open platforms create a strong raw material basis for new enterprises and young
-tion, climate change, youth unemployment, finan -cial stability, prosperity, sustainability, and growth These challenges provide a significant opportunity
primary source of job creation 18 O P E N I N N O V A t I O N y E A r B o O k 2 0 1 4
and boost growth and job creation in the future The Europe 2020 Strategy (2) is a comprehensive economic policy agenda focusing on three priori
-sis on job creation and poverty reduction. Based on these three mutually reinforcing priorities, Euro -pean Member States (and regions) are encouraged
their regions to deliver higher levels of employment productivity, and social cohesion in a manner that
especially small firms, vocational training insti -tutions may take the lead in such interactions as they provide a more practical, hands-on
cleaning and turning it into an employment perk. Hemfrid has persuaded the government to treat houseâ cleaning as a taxâ deductible benefit,
as an enabler to SMES for growth and job creation Of critical importance is the engagement of devel
-employment, undulations in housing and equity prices and government defaults on international and do -mestic debts (1). The source of the problem gener
rate of growth and employment both went down by half; growth has averaged 4%per year since 1999 (8). Nevertheless, in 2007, its trade balance
employment protection and incentives for worker training (3). In addition to provide liquidity to the market, the government launched its major fiscal
job protection and job-training stimulus. Fiscal policy was at the core of the Chilean government
-ment and employment (14. According to the OECD Australia†s timely stimulus measures, with a strong
over 2 million homes as well as employment oppor -tunities for predominantly less skilled workers. To speed up the process,
Unemployment fell to around 5%in 2010 As a result of an improved economy, the government expected to return to budget surpluses as early as
Its unemployment rate was affected not by the crisis too much and remained around 5%all through the reported
Meeting of Labour and Employment Ministers. Retrieved from http://www. dol. gov/ilab/media/events/G20
Rudd says boom over as unemployment nears financial crisis levels, Nasdaq, Dow jones Business News Retrieved on July 14, 2013 from http://www. nasdaq. com
/article/rudd-says-boom-over-as-unemployment-nears -financial-crisis-levels-20130711-00043 19) Lin, C. Y. Y.,Edvinsson, L. 2013) National Intellectual
Youth unemployment & Innovation & Data analysis *Abstract The economic downturn hit young people especially hard, limiting their opportunities to success. High
unemployment, job insecurity, strong competition and a rapidly changing environment requires a new approach that ensures our youth competitiveness
happens if we mix youth unemployment with one of the existing capacity in Europe such as the enor
for employment This opportunity is tailored to our society: we have the people, the data and the academic strength to
In addition to the benefits in terms of employment intensive data analysis can also be beneficial to our society. These benefits can be summarised under
Counsellor, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland mikko. huuskonen@tem. fi Figure 2 Â
-nomic prosperity, employment, a healthy com -munity, and social well-being 2. for the market in creating new products or ser
Youth unemployment & Innovation & Data analysis *Chapter III Open Innovation 2. 0 inâ aâ Real-world Setting
Competitiveness and Employment Objective, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF balance out prevailing size disadvantages toward
calculated by dividing the search strategy score by the employment of the firm External R&d indicates how heavily companies rely on five possible external R&d activities:
SMES play an increasingly important role in innovation and job creation, but are nevertheless left out of the research on open innovation,
-Employment: New Insights into the Role of Gender H200802 5-6-2008 Intrapreneurship; Conceptualizing entrepreneurial employee
H200716 21-12-2007 Employment Growth of New Firms 46 H200715 21-12-2007 Entrepreneurial Culture and its Effect on the Rate of Nascent
H200709 12-10-2007 Does Self employment Reduce Unemployment H200708 10-9-2007 Social security arrangements and early-stage entrepreneurial
H200622 1-12-2006 Determinants of self employment preference and realization of women and men in Europe and the United states
calculated by dividing the search strategy score by the employment of the firm External R&d indicates how heavily companies rely on five possible external R&d activities:
-tion of graduates who sought employment elsewhere, universities served as sites for the dissemination and diffusion of innovation
WWII, to meet a requirement for calculating firing tables for the US ARMY. After this development, in
Taking into account different employment positions, they changed 5. 32 times. It was not possi
employment positions after Phd 786 1 49 5. 32 4. 376 Number of different country mobility
-nomic growth and employment. Europe has per -formed relatively badly in generating high-growth innovative companies that quickly become global
companies for job creation. The number and share of high-growth enterprises is small, but the number
-rillasâ€. 1 These enterprises are seen as important drivers of economic growth, employment and social well -being.
economic growth and job creation) to support all SMES"a little bit, "or to concentrate efforts on those with the highest growth potential
as measured by employment (or by turnover), are enterprises with average annualised growth in employees (or in turnover) greater than 20%a year, over a three-year period,
system (e g. employment and bankruptcy law Economic stability Right timing Resources Knowledge/skills Technological: e g R&d, IPR protection
system (e g. employment and bankruptcy law Economic stability Right timing The arrow â€oeright timing†only indicates that the right time matters;
Share of high-growth enterprises (employment definition) in%of enterprises with ten or more employees 0
terms of full-time employment or full-time equivalents. The largest share of high-growth companies was found in Norway (27),
High-growth enterprises are very important for employment creation Considering policy makers†desire to create jobs,
The importance of high-growth new companies for job creation has in recent years been substantiated widely by economic research.
found that â€oethe top 1%of all companies ranked by the level of revenue (job creation contributes 44%(40
40 See Finnish Ministry of Employment (2011), p. 6 Policies for high-growth innovative SMES v1. 6
For example, the top 5%of companies measured by employment growth created two-thirds of new jobs in any given year.
â€oeonly start-ups with greater than twenty employees have persistent employment effects over time and only in
small share of high-growth enterprises for overall employment creation in several countries. 43 Other studies
-mains Industrial policy, social policy, labour policy Industrial policy, innovation policy, labour policy Source: Autio et al. 2007), p. 79
may be the VIGO programme which was introduced in 2009 by the Ministry of Employment and the Econ
At the beginning of 2008 the innovation department of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy estab -lished a division for growth ventures.
export shares, turnover and employment growth at the firm levelâ€. 120 The authors suggest that â€oepolicies sup
and job creation) to support all SMES"a little bit, "or to concentrate efforts on those with the highest growth
and to increase employment, the government recently introduced several new programmes and activities ï the venture businessmen†s special lecture programmes on entrepreneurship at universities
as much revenue and employment growth over the next three years as their counterparts which were not on
-creased sales and employment †with the best results for firms in the range of 15 to 25 employees.
local employment and regional development. Therefore governments should take note of this key finding. 161 In a 2010 study for CVCA Gilles Duruflã undertook a review of government assistance for firms in eight
employment safety net issues, the strategic line of discussion in 2010 gravitates around the diversification and clustering of SME business activities.
-nology and information technology, employment and human resources, and financing Addressing barriers to access finance Beyond its regular annual reports, the SME Agency has been active recently in commissioning numerous
activities and increase employment in the private sector is clearly on the minds of politicians and business
ï Fostering employment of high-tech employees in SMES: the SME Agency introduced for the first
In all surveys of the IW Future Panel the enterprises are asked about their growth by employment and turn
N=59 companies stating employment or turnover growth of 20%or more in each of the previous three years
N=1, 451companies stating employment or turnover growth of less than 20%or no growth or even decline in the previous three years
N=22 companies not older than five years stating employment or turnover growth of more than 20%in each of the previous three years
firms for employment creation also needs to be considered Considering country differences The level of difficulties in acquiring finance differs starkly between European countries (see section 4. 2. 2
importance of high-growth SMES for employment in developed national economies, it appears to be worth
erable employment and welfare. Furthermore, governments should also not aspire to eliminate new venture failures. 192
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