Recommended Websites for Business
Statistics and Data
Department of Finance key budget and banking figures, international financial services strategy, fiscal monitoring and up to date financial news for Ireland.
ESRI Economic and Social Research Institute research and evidence that informs Irish economic policy, all research documents are freely available on the portal
Irish Social Science Data Archive qualitative Irish datasets in social sciences
International Monetary Fund (IMF) global organisation to achieve sustainable growth in it's 190 member countries, by promoting financial stability and monetary cooperation.
Small Business Set Up
Design Crafts Council of Ireland
Supporting SMEs online tool developed to help Irish start-ups and small business identify a range of the government agency supports that exist.
Management
ERIC - Institute of Education Sciences
EconBiz the portal for economics, search for economic literature worldwide
Free Business Case Studies from EconBiz and The Journal of Business Case Studies
The Case Centre from Cranfield University
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