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Fri 07 Jul 2010Engine of indigenous industry never fired during boom years

ECONOMICS:Ireland will continue to depend on importing entrepreneurialism in the form of foreign direct investment, writes DAN O'BRIEN

LET’S BE honest with ourselves: we are not a nation of gifted entrepreneurs. Talk that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be the engine to power recovery amounts to the triumph of hope over expectation.