The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Information / Communication Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual Publishing Activities 58 - Publishing activities
450 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2013
Description
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, an education publishing company, is to invest €350m in e-learning research and development in Dublin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, formerly known as Riverdeep, says it will create 450 jobs at a new centre in the greater Dublin area over the next five years. The firm says the new centre will drive innovation in digital learning for children globally and strengthen the e-learning industry in Ireland.
It is understood that the investment is the single largest research and development project in the history of the Irish State.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 67146, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67146.
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