The Impact of R&D and Technology Diffusion on Productivity Growth: Evidence for 10 OECD Countries in the 1970s and 1980s (STI Working Papers 1996/2)

This paper examines the empirical evidence on the impact of performed R&D and of embodied R&D on productivity performance in 10 major OECD countries (the G7 countries, Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands) over the last two decades.

New Social and Economic Approaches to a Multimedia World: Summary Report and Final Agenda

The object of the Symposium was to support both the G-7 and OECD Ministerial goals of increasing economic growth and job creation through the growth of a Global Information Infrastructure/Global Information Society (GII-GIS). It brought together ...

Report of the Tokyo Workshop

Rapidly evolving knowledge-based economies and the increasingly widespread application of information and communications technology (ICT) are blurring traditional boundaries and standing old and familiar paradigms on their head.

Current Status of Communication Infrastructure Regulation: Cable Television

Competitive access to communication markets, through the competitive provision of infrastructure, efficient interconnection of networks, and where necessary regulatory safeguards, are fundamental to achieving many of the aims OECD governments hav...

Embodied Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis for 10 OECD Countries (STI Working Paper 1996/1)

This paper examines the process of embodied technology diffusion in 10 OECD countries with the help of a methodology whereby the purchases of intermediate and capital goods act as carriers of technology across industries and countries.

SMEs and Employment Creation: Overview of Selected Quantitative Studies in OECD Member Countries (STI Working Papers 1996/4)

This paper aims at identifying common results and trends from national studies, as well as identifying "best practices" of analysis and data gathering, and thereby promoting international harmonisation of such analytical work.

Payments for Goods and Services on the Information Superhighway (STI Digital Economy Paper 19)

Copyright is the right regime for software protection on the information superhighway.

Information Infrastructure Convergence and Pricing: The Internet - part one

As different industries converge to take advantage of the extraordinary technological possibilities offered by the Internet, it seems clear that in terms of cost, innovation, access and infrastructures, countries with competitive structures and l...

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Venture Capital and Innovation

This report examines ways in which governments can stimulate the supply of venture capital for innovative firms. Proceedings of the 1995 ad hoc meeting of experts on venture capital.

Information Infrastructure Policies (STI Digital Economy Paper 20)

This paper aims to provide an outline of positions adopted by, or proposed for adoption by governments on the issues of information infrastructures, as of May 1996.