OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2012

The productivity compendium provides data and methodological notes and describes the measurement challenges and the data choices that were made, as well as the remaining measurement problems.

Apprenticeships in London: Boosting Skills in a City Economy with Comment on Lessons from Germany

The London Apprenticeship Campaign was launched in 2010 to boost the number of apprentices in London. It was developed as part of an ongoing policy focus to tackle long-standing skill shortfalls in the city, shortages which have been constraining employment, social opportunity and productivity.

Launch of the OECD-WTO Database on Trade in Value-Added

This new Database, including preliminary data for 40 countries, can play an important role in understanding better what is going on in global trade, investment and production patterns, and in helping us to improve our policies, said OECD Secretary-General

Report: Boosting local entrepreneurship and enterprise creation in Lombardy Region (Italy)

Entrepreneurship and the development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are key drivers of economic growth and job creation. The OECD review series on Boosting Local Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation, of which this study is a part, examines the capacity of local economies to support successful new enterprise creation and the growth of small enterprises.

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Capacity building seminar: Developing tourism outside of established localities (Trento, Italy) - 3rd Edition

The capacity building seminar was based on an active exchange of experiences between the participants duly provided in advance. The strength of such a roundtable event lies in the discussion of these experiences in an interactive setting.

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São necessárais novas políticas para as PME a fim de impulsionar o crescimento da América Latina, de acordo com a OCDE e a CEPALC

Depois de quase uma década de crescimento contínuo, o PIB na América Latina vai desacelerar de 4,4% em 2011, para 3,2% em 2012 e 4,0% em 2013. A perspetiva permanece relativamente positiva, mas está exposta à volatilidade e incerteza global.

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OECD Observer: Restart-up?

Start-up rates in OECD countries are slowly edging back to their pre-crisis levels, but not all countries have seen significant acceleration in new businesses, according to Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2012.

Libérer l’innovation des entreprises au Canada

Cette étude se penche sur la manière de renforcer l’innovation dans les entreprises canadiennes afin de stimuler la productivité de la main d’œuvre et la croissance de la production.

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L’OCDE lance un portail en ligne pour renforcer la sécurité des produits

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Workshop: Skills Development for SMEs and Entrepreneuship (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The upgrading of workforce skills is key to the competitiveness of SMEs. In today’s business environment there is a premium on innovation that enables firms to develop new products and services, new production processes and new business models.

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