Publications & Documents

OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018 - Adapting to Technological and Societal Disruption

Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (SDBS), OECD

The Structural and Demographic Business Statistics database (SDBS) provides information at a very detailed sectoral level including: turnover, value-added, production, operating surplus, employment, labour costs and investment to name but a few. The breakdown by industrial sector, including services, is supplemented by a further breakdown into size classes.

OECD, BSR and Danone launch 3-year initiative to strengthen inclusive growth through public-private collaboration

Business and government should work more closely together to reduce inequality and foster inclusive growth. To help achieve this, at the Paris Peace Forum, Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff, G7/G20 Sherpa and leader of the OECD’s Inclusive Growth Initiative, and Emmanuel Faber, Chairman & CEO of Danone, launched the Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) Platform.

Conference on implications of the digital transformation for the business sector

The ongoing digital transformation holds the promise of improving productivity performance by enabling innovation and reducing the costs of a range of business processes, yet today there is again a paradox of rapid technological change and slow productivity growth. On 8-9 November 2018 this conference explored the policy implications.

Current trends in investment policies related to national security and public order

Over the past decades, most countries, especially advanced economies, have eliminated barriers to capital inflows. This has created vast opportunities for home and host economies as well as for businesses. With these opportunities came occasional risks, not least potential risks for the host country’s national security or public order.

FDI in Figures, October 2018

31 October 2018 - Global FDI flows fell 35% to USD 432 billion in the first half of 2018 compared to the previous 6 months, hitting their lowest level since the first half of 2013. FDI flows dropped by 9% in Q1 2018 and by 38% in Q2, to USD 266 billion and USD 166 billion respectively.

Mapping of investment promotion agencies in OECD countries

This report provides an inventory of existing practices in Investment Promotion Agencies across 32 OECD countries. It covers a wide range of areas pertaining to investment promotion and facilitation with a view to enhancing peer-learning amongst practitioners.

OECD work on investment promotion and facilitation

Paris, 22 October 2018: The workshop brought together investment promotion agencies (IPAs) and policy makers from OECD countries and emerging economies to share their experience and discuss good practices on investment promotion and facilitation.

Oslo Manual 2018 - Guidelines for Collecting, Reporting and Using Data on Innovation, 4th Edition

Raw materials use to double by 2060 with severe environmental consequences

The world’s consumption of raw materials is set to nearly double by 2060 as the global economy expands and living standards rise, placing twice the pressure on the environment that we are seeing today, according to a new OECD report.