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15-Jun-2007
This new STI Working Paper (2007/4) aims to capture current inventive activities in nanotechnologies based on the analysis of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO).
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21-May-2007
The services sector makes an important contribution to employment growth, productivity and innovation in OECD countries. This document looks specifically at business support services and their strong linkages with other sectors. It aims to identify factors, institutions and policies that affect the delivery of business support services and that could enhance growth prospects more broadly. It focuses mainly on issues related to productivity, standardisation and regulation, and trade.
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16-Mar-2007
The Frascati Manual FOS classification is used to classify R&D expenditure by functional fields, notably public sector R&D. The revised FOS reflects the latest changes in S&T, especially as regards emerging fields such as ICT, biotechnology and nanotechnology.
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12-Mar-2007
This document reflects the OECD agreement on the list of economic activities (industries) for the information economy (ICT sector and Content and media sector definitions) based on the UN International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4)
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20-Feb-2007
The mapping of knowledge is increasingly recognised as a new, evolving area of research. The aim of this study is to map current trends in scientific activities with a view to better understanding and tracking the changing nature of science.
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08-Feb-2007
This paper presents the results of a first data collection on the main demographic, educational, labour market and mobility patterns of doctoral graduates for seven countries.
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29-Nov-2006
This workshop, held in China in October 2006, provided a forum for exchange of experience and mutual learning on best practices in some OECD countries and the current S&T indicator system in China. It sought to explore ways to better address information needs for measuring and monitoring the NIS, and to support evidence-based policy making by improving existing indicators and developing new ones. Workshop presentations are now available online.
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27-Oct-2006
This paper examines the extent to which manufacturing output and employment are declining in OECD countries and explores possible causes, including increased productivity, slow growth in demand for manufacturing products, loss of markets to imports, statistical and classification issues, etc.
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24-Oct-2006
The development of the OECD’s input-output database started over a decade ago and it is currently undergoing its second update. This paper describes the database, its uses, and the OECD’s experience in the compilation of these tables in the hope that this may benefit input-output compilers in national statistical offices and provide them with a better understanding of the information needed by the OECD to compile these tables in order to meet the demands of users.
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24-Oct-2006
Over the past few years, there has been growing interest in internationally comparable statistics and indicators on productivity growth, which have become an important focus of OECD work. This has included efforts to improve the measurement of productivity growth and work to enhance the understanding of the drivers of productivity performance. The 2006 productivity compendium includes a large number of indicators together with methodological notes, and describes the measurement challenges, data choices and remaining measurement problems.
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