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South East Region must remain competitive
Mr. Dan Hoey, Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce South East Region said "The challenge for the Region, as for the rest of the country, is to create a climate which allows us to retain and grow this strong investment base."

Chamber President calls for focus on future opportunities
Speaking at the Annual President's Lunch of the American Chamber of Commerce in Dublin today Mr. Alexander said; "We still do have a very real crisis which still presents here and around the world both great challenges and real dangers that threatens the viability of everything we aim for as companies and absolutely require as a country.

Speech by Lionel Alexander
Lionel Alexander, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland Annual President's Lunch, 25 February 2010.

West Region Must Leverage its Unique Position
With adversity comes opportunity and the West Region should grasp the challenges facing the broader economy and leverage its unique offering to market itself as a competitive location for foreign direct investment. That is the view of the Chairman of the American Chamber West Region, Mr. Gerard P. Kilcommins. Mr. Kilcommins is Medtronic’s Vice President of Global Vascular Operations and General Manager of its Galway Site. Medtronic is one of the largest employers in the West of Ireland.

Mid Western Region - Government Investment Agencies must protect existing base of multinationals to drive future jobs growth
New jobs in the Mid West will come from the existing base of multinational companies in the region. The focus of agencies such as Shannon Development and IDA Ireland and local government should be on creating the environment which will allow companies in the region to flourish, according to Bill Doherty, Chairman of the American Chamber Mid West region and Executive Vice President of Cook Group Europe.

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Athlone Briefing
5th June 2009

Investment & Economic Update May 2009
American Chamber presentation with background notes in relation to: -US investment in Ireland 2009 -The Irish Economy -Irelands Competitiveness to Attract Investment -Taxation

Innovation in People Practices - Competitiveness
Boston Scientific, Accenture and Eli Lilly

Western - Member Briefing
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Submissions

Pre Budget Submission 2010
American Chamber of Commerce Ireland Submission to the Department of Finance on The 2010 Budget

Submission to the Innovation Task Force
American Chamber''s Submission to the Innovation Task Force on the Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal

Ireland & Globalisation
Ireland is perhaps the biggest West European winner from open flows of goods, services and people, that globalisation has brought. Transforming itself from one of Europe''s poorest to one of its wealthiest countries.

Economic Developments in a Rubic's Cube World
Foreign Direct Investment in the Age of the Globally Integrated Enterprise. Ronan Lyons, from IBM''s Global Centre for Economic Development, takes a look at large-scale trends at work over the next decade, and their implications for economic development and foreign direct investment.

Pre Budget Submission 2009
American Chamber of Commerce Ireland Submission to the Department of Finance on 2009 Budget Recommendations