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New Report: Evaluation of Programmes Concerning Education for Entrepreneurship

29-May-2009

Fostering an entrepreneurial mindset has become a shared objective of entrepreneurship policy across OECD countries. The offer of programs of entrepreneurship education is very wide, with some countries having invested substantially in it. However, this has not been reflected in the systematic application of evaluation of education for entrepreneurship programs. The OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship carried out a study to provide guidelines for evaluating programs with the aim to strengthen the culture of evaluation within entrepreneurship education.

OECD Biotechnology Statistics 2009

25-May-2009

This new edition brings together the latest available economic and activity data on biotechnology and innovation for 22 OECD members and four non-member countries. It builds on the extensive work of the OECD and national experts to improve the comparability of biotechnology statistics.

The "Global Standard” of the 21st Century

13-May-2009

The economic crisis has generated an urgent need to restore confidence in our future and make the world economy stronger, cleaner and fairer. There is growing political consensus on the need to develop a set of common principles and standards in order to ensure a more stable and sustainable development of the global economy, according to the OECD Secretary-General.

Investment policies and economic crises: lessons from the past

21-Apr-2009

How have governments responded to national and international crises in terms of their policies towards international investment? This paper looks at the range of investment policies adopted in previous crises and at how investors responded. It then compares this historical experience with recent measures announced to mitigate the current crisis.

Trademarks as an Indicator of Product and Marketing Innovations

08-Apr-2009

This new working paper presents trademarks, their potential link with innovations and their main statistical properties in order to see if they may serve as an indicator of innovation.

Who Licenses Out Patents and Why? Lessons from a Business Survey

01-Apr-2009

This working paper analyses results of a business survey on the licensing-out of patents. The goal was to investigate the intensity of licensing to affiliated and non-affiliated companies, its evolution, the characteristics, motivations and obstacles met by companies licensing or willing to license.

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. 

Keeping markets open at times of crisis

30-Mar-2009

This report prepared for the G20 meeting, reviews actual and potential policy responses to the crisis in terms of trade and investment. The unprecedented degree of global economic integration today implies that even small measures could inflict lasting harm on globalisation with serious effects on recovery and future prosperity.

Resist investment protectionism, countries meeting at OECD agree

30-Mar-2009

Countries participating in a “Freedom of Investment” initiative, which together represent four fifths of the world economy, have pledged to resist discriminatory policies and new forms of protectionism towards investment in the context of the global economic crisis and to continue to monitor measures and commitments.

OECD supports G20 objectives on international investment

27-Mar-2009

The 9th edition of the Investment Newsletter focuses on OECD support for G20 objectives on international investment and lessons from previous crises for investment policy today.


Events

Main Science and Technology Indicators (MSTI) 2008 / 2 edition

This biannual publication provides a set of indicators that reflect the level and structure of the efforts undertaken by OECD Member countries and nine non-member economies in the field of science and technology...

OECD Shipbuilding Workshop with non-OECD economies and industry

from 04-Dec-2008 to 05-Dec-2008

This Workshop examined supply/demand and price/cost developments in the shipbuilding market, including the impacts of the current global economic crisis.  It also explored the changing structure of the world’s shipbuilding industry, and both governments and industry had the opportunity of discussing what responses can be made to deal with the challenges created by the market and structural changes. The Workshop Programme and presentations can be consulted here .

UN Global Compact and OECD intensify collaboration

on 27-Oct-2009

The United Nations Global Compact and the OECD have recently begun to enhance their collaborative efforts, particularly in countries that have both Global Compact Local Networks and National Contact Points NCPs on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

2008 meeting of the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance

from 02-Dec-2008 to 03-Dec-2008

Organised in Mexico City, 2-3 December 2008, this meeting provided an important opportunity to take stock of recent corporate governance-related developments in Latin America, particularly in the wake of the current global financial turmoil. 

34th Session of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), including a Special Session on SME and Entrepreneurship Statistics

from 27-Oct-2008 to 29-Oct-2008

The 34th Session of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), including a Special Session on SME and Entrepreneurship Statistics, was held on 27-29 October 2008, in Paris.

MENA-OECD Working Group on Corporate Governance

on 10-Nov-2008

Organised in Doha, Qatar, on 9-10 November 2008 as part of the Hawkamah Annual Conference, participants focused on finalising and endorsing the MENA Policy Brief on Corporate Governance of Banks and preparing a Policy Brief on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).

Workshop on steel and related raw materials

from 15-Dec-2008 to 16-Dec-2008

Government and industry representatives meet in Kuala Lumpur on 15/16th December 2008 to review and discuss how the world’s steel industry is coping with the consequences of the financial crisis and what these developments imply for the steel-related raw material markets. By building a broader understanding of the steel-related raw material markets and exploring ways to improve the way they function.

Keynote presentation by Professor John G. Ruggie

from 24-Jun-2008 to 25-Jun-2008

Professor John G. Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, delivered the keynote presentation on the occasion of the 8th annual meeting of National Contact Points in Paris on 24 June 2008.

Conference on Patent Statistics for Policy Decision-making

from 03-Sep-2008 to 04-Sep-2008

Organised by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the OECD, the goal of this conference was to reflect recent advances in the area of analysis with patent statistics.



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