The Service Economy, Final Report of the Business and Industry Policy Forum on Realising the Potential of the Service Economy

Services are transforming OECD economies on a massive scale, but are still impeded by regulations and policies that stifle innovation and competition. Comprehensive reforms need to be pursued internationally as well as in individual OECD countrie...

Encouraging Environmental Management in Industry, Final Report of the OECD Business and Industry Policy Forum on Environmental Management, Challenges for Industry

OECD Business and Industry Policy Forum on Environmental Management: Challenges for Industry, Paris, 27 September 2000.

A New Economy? The Changing Role of Innovation and Information Technology in Growth

What is driving recent growth in OECD countries? Whether or not it is appropriate to speak of a "new economy", innovation and technology play crucial roles.

International Strategic Alliances: Their Role in Industrial Globalisation (STI Working Paper 2000/5)

This paper reviews recent trends in international strategic alliances, which have grown more than five-fold between 1989 and 1999, paralleling the increase in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

High-Growth Firms and Employment (STI Working Paper 2000/3)

This STI Working Paper deals with this group of rapidly expanding firms. It does so by placing the discussion into a context of entrepreneurship, arguing that there are two main aspects to this notion: one of business start-ups and market entry, and another one of innovation.

Shipbuilding Agreement - Overview

In 1994, the Commission of the European Communities and the Governments of Finland, Japan, Korea, Norway, Sweden and the United States signed the Final Act of the "Agreement Respecting Normal Competitive Conditions in the Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry".

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• The Agreement at a glance
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The Contribution of ICTs to Output Growth: A Study of the G7 Countries (STI Working Paper 2000/2)

This paper deals with the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to economic growth and to labour and multi-factor productivity.

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: Their Role in Industrial Globalisation (STI Working Papers 2000/1)

This paper examines recent trends and drivers of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) which grew six-fold in 1991-98 and now account for more than 85% of foreign direct investment.

Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade: Complements or Substitutes? (STI Working Paper 1999/3)

This report combines the previous more technical work developed over the last three years.

The Globalisation of Industry in the OECD Countries (STI Working Paper 1999/2)

This report proposes a method for classifying each country's manufacturing industries by their extent of globalisation, using a set of indicators.