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Editorial: Enterprise policy sets ambitious targets but is short on measures to achieve them

The state’s FDI model has served Ireland well, but climate change, digitalisation and a potential globalisation crisis now threaten to undermine its efficacy

The government’s new enterprise white paper launched last week was the state’s first effort at forming a response to the changing global economic landscape

Since the days of Seán Lemass’s decision to ditch Ireland’s protectionist economic policy and face the country towards the world, the state’s enterprise policy has been a resounding success.

Lemass’s ideal – that Ireland should play a part in the world’s affairs to better our own situation – eventually evolved into the inward investment model that underpins our modern economy.

Over the decades, we have attracted some of the biggest and most innovative companies in ...