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OECD Patent Statistics Manual 2009

16-Feb-2009

Patent data are an outstanding resource for the study of technical change. Just published, this manual provides guiding principles for the use of patent data in S&T measurement, and recommendations for the compilation and interpretation of patent indicators in this context. 

Towards Harmonised Bilateral Trade Data for Inter-Country Input-Output Analyses: Statistical Issues

02-Mar-2009

This new working paper discusses the challenges faced when attempting to construct appropriate bilateral trade matrices using annual data collected by the OECD and United Nations, as well as national sources.

OECD Input-Output Tables

12-Feb-2009

The new edition of OECD Input-Output database is available and includes 4 new countries. It is a useful empirical tool for economic research and structural analysis at international level. It highlights inter-industrial relationships and when used in conjunction with other OECD databases such as STAN Industry, Bilateral Trade Database (BTD) and Business R&D Expenditures (ANBERD), it provides a tool for consistent economic analysis of growth, structural change, productivity, competitiveness and employment at the sectoral and macroeconomic levels.

Measuring China's Innovation System: National Specificities and International Comparisons

16-Jan-2009

This working paper discusses actors and resources in China's science and innovation system, science and technology performance, and general purpose technologies. It provided input to the recently published OECD Review of China's Innovation Policy. The annex to this paper assesses international comparability of China's S&T indicators.

Open Innovation in a Global Perspective: What Do Existing Data Tell Us?

17-Dec-2008

This new working paper presents various indicators using existing data on R&D investments, innovation survey data, patent data and data on licensing, illustrating the increasing importance and the different characteristics of open innovation across companies, industries and countries.

STAN Database for STructural ANalysis

17-Dec-2008

New STAN tables have been added. The December 2008 version provides data for 26 countries, of which 12 with time series up to 2007. Tables for other countries will be added as they become available.

The Geography of Inventive Activities in OECD Regions

02-Dec-2008

This new working paper reflects an initial analysis employing a pioneering new OECD database. It is among the first systematic attempts to analyse comparatively the distribution of innovative activity across regions in OECD economies with a set of homogenous measures for both input and output in the process of knowledge production and dissemination.

Open Innovation in Global Networks

07-Oct-2008

Businesses are increasingly internationalising their innovation activities and working with external partners. This new publication examines what drives companies to collaborate on R&D with international partners and how global networks fit into overall business strategies.

OECD Compendium of Patent Statistics 2008

12-Sep-2008

This document provides a snapshot of the latest available internationally comparable data on patents. The indicators presented are specifically designed to reflect recent trends in inventive activities across a wide range of OECD member and non-member countries.

The Future of the Internet Economy: A statistical profile

16-Jun-2008

This statistical profile, prepared for the OECD Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy taking place in Seoul on 17-18 June, compares major trends in the diffusion of the Internet across OECD and selected non-OECD countries.




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