Huawei Digital Business Index
Q4 2024
How is business?
Ireland stands at a crossroads concerning the future direction of its economy. Over the past 30 years and more, Ireland has benefited from economic development based on Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) which has delivered growth, employment and a high standard of living. But all that is changing due to global, European and domestic trends affecting taxation, energy, competition and a range of other factors.
In this, the first edition of the Huawei Digital Business Index, we look at how businesses operating in Ireland are responding to the challenges and opportunities posed by changing trends, focusing on both short-term dynamics measuring business performance, as well as medium-term factors such as the digitalisation of business practices and processes. We also explore the longer-term contribution of artificial intelligence (AI) to finding a new way forward for our economic development.
In September 2024, Am?rach surveyed 350 decision makers, from a cross-section of SMEs and larger businesses throughout Ireland, to capture the mood of business owners, managers and directors as we enter the final quarter of 2024 and look ahead to prospects for 2025
and beyond.
We will revisit these and other themes in future issues of the Huawei
Digital Business Index.
There are three parts to this report:
3
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
The Business
Economy
Digital Growth
Drivers
Pathways to
AI Success
Q4 2024
Part 1
