Demand-Sensitive Schooling?: Evidence and Issues

Many educational experts are identifying a shift from from supply-led systems towards systems which are more sensitive to demand. Whose demands should these be? What are they? How will schools recognize and cope with them? This book examines these questions and others.

CERI - OECD Seminar on The future of higher education: the stakeholders’ perspective (Istanbul, Turkey, 22-23 June 2006)

This seminar convened invited higher education stakeholders (government, local authorities, institutions, academics, students, business, civil society) from the OECD area to discuss their changing expectations about and roles in higher education.

Report: The World Bank, OECD and Nuffic International workshop on Cross-border higher education for capacity development

Report: The World Bank, OECD and Nuffic International workshop on Cross-border higher education for capacity development

Roundtable on Developing University-Industry Technology Transfer

The OECD has been engaged, since 2002, in a series of activities to promote research in Russian universities and to improve the management of intellectual property in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science.

Sources of Knowledge and Productivity: How Robust is the Relationship? (STI Working Paper 2006/6)

This paper estimates domestic productivity relationships for a sample of 16 OECD countries through probably the most general specification yet.

International OECD/Japan Seminar on “Futures Thinking for Education: Policy, Leadership and the Teaching Profession” (Hiroshima, Japan, 6-7 November 2006)

This Seminar formed part of the core CERI work on futures thinking and the Schooling for Tomorrow project. The Seminar explored and developed as the over-arching seminar theme the connections between futures thinking, and governance, policy formulation and decision-making in education,

Blue Sky II Forum 2006

The Blue Sky II Forum in Ottawa on 25-27 September 2006 will examine new areas for indicator development and set a broad agenda for future work on science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators.

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Tax Treatment of Business Investments in Intellectual Assets: An International Comparison (STI Working Paper 2006/4)

This paper examines the tax treatment of corporate expenditures on selected intellectual assets and develops an indicator of the relative generosity of tax systems in OECD countries to such investments.