Measuring Multifactor Productivity Growth (STI Working Paper 2007/5)

This paper quantifies and examines the contribution of capital, labour and multifactor productivity (MFP) to GDP growth and analyses the role of measurement of capital and labour inputs for the MFP estimate, using a comprehensive growth accounting exercise for 14 OECD countries.

Nowcasting Patent Indicators (STI Working Paper 2007/3)

This study aims at designing simple but robust methods that would enable to "nowcast", i.e. forecast the present (or the recent past), in order to improve the timeliness of patent indicators.

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Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking

This study describes the rapid growth of user-created Web content and its increasing role in worldwide communication, and draws out implications for policy.

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OECD Information and Communication Policy News - September 2007

OECD Information and Communication Policy News - September 2007Including OECD Communications Outlook 2007, OECD Recommendation on Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redress and Recommendation and Guidance on Electronic Authentication

Catching up in Broadband - What will it take? (STI Digital Economy Paper 133)

Can governments elevate their broadband performance rankings? This paper aims to identify the factors that are significant in driving broadband penetration.

Bio-based Economy

The focus at the OECD on industrial biotechnology is to identify the potential contribution of biotechnology to sustainable growth and development, and identify and appraise policy options for supply and demand side interventions that can drive efficient transition towards bio-based economy.

Monitoring of the OECD Space Project Recommendations

This paper paints a richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream service activities, and its wider economic and social impacts.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: South Africa

This comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of South Africa focuses on the role of government, and provides concrete recommendations on how to improve policies which impact on innovation performance, including R&D policies.

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Résumé de la 104ème session du Groupe de travail du Conseil sur la construction navale, 11 juin 2007

Description des débats tenus lors de la 104ème réunion du GT6 du 11 juin 2007.

Synthèses : Progresser dans la chaîne de valeur mondiale

La mondialisation soulève maints défis de taille et revêt une importance prioritaire pour les autorités de nombreux pays de l’OCDE. Elle n’est pas en soi un phénomène nouveau car le processus d’intégration économique internationale est en cours depuis des décennies, mais son rythme et son ampleur sont aujourd’hui sans précédent.L’un des motifs de l’accélération du processus global de mondialisation est l’émergence rapide des « chaînes