13-March-2002
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Competition is increasing in Internet backbone markets, as a result of liberalisation, and the consequent ability of telecommunication carriers to provide infrastructure and services on an end-to-end basis.
18-January-2002
English
This paper investigates the evolution of the industrial structure in the Canadian manufacturing sector and its relationship to technological change.
29-October-2001
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The development of broadband access to the Internet is gaining increasing prominence. This is occurring in fields that go well beyond communications policy.
25-October-2001
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Investment in information technologies has by no means been confined to the United States and yet, average European or Japanese growth experience has been quite different.
21-August-2001
English
This paper presents international comparisons of the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to output and productivity growth during the 1990s.
18-June-2001
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This paper examines the roles of the ICT-producing sector and of key ICT-using industries in overall productivity growth in OECD countries.
2-March-2001
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The growing use of network technologies and the global nature of electronic commerce increase the likelihood that consumers will interact with businesses outside of their home country.
1-March-2001
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A comprehensive inventory of existing consumer protection laws, fair business, fair marketing and disclosure requirements in the context of electronic commerce.
7-February-2001
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Since the introduction of competition in the telecommunication sector, there have been significant changes in the structure of the telecommunications market.
17-January-2001
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In early 1999, the OECD launched an internationally comparable study of the diffusion and economic and competitive impacts of business-to-business electronic commerce over the Internet.