OECD Broadband Portal

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16-Dec-2008

This page provides a range of broadband-related statistics in OECD countries.

The Geography of Inventive Activities in OECD Regions (STI Working Paper 2008/3)

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02-Dec-2008

by Stefano Usai

This working paper reflects an initial analysis using a pioneering new OECD database. It is among the first systematic attempts to analyse comparatively the distribution of innovative activity across OECD regions with a set of homogenous measures.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008

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27-Oct-2008

The STI Outlook uses the latest available data and indicators to review key trends in science, technology and innovation in OECD countries and a number of major non-member economies.

Compendium of Patent Statistics 2008

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08-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

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16-Jun-2008

This statistical profile, prepared for the June 2008 OECD Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy held in Seoul, compares major trends in the diffusion of the Internet across OECD and selected non-OECD countries.

Staying Competitive in the Global Economy: Compendium of Studies on Global Value Chains

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11-Jun-2008

"Staying Competitive in the Global Economy" brings together several studies on globalisation. The work aimed at strengthening the evidence base on globalisation of value chains, which should ultimately enable the development of policies to address key concerns.

The OECD REGPAT Database: A Presentation (STI Working Paper 2008/2)

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06-Jun-2008

by Stéphane Maraut, Hélène Dernis, Colin Webb, Vincenzo Spiezia and Dominique Guellec

This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that more than 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries.

Research and Development Statistics (RDS): 2008 Edition

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26-May-2008

This electronic publication provides recent statistics on the resources devoted to the R&D in OECD countries and in nine non-member economies.

OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2008

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24-Apr-2008

The present edition constitutes the 2007-2008 update of the wide range of  indicators which were published in 2006 but also includes new indicators and provides notes as to the measurement challenges and the data choices that were made.

Measuring Globalisation: Activities of Multinationals, 2007/2008 edition

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16-Apr-2008

This publication presents detailed data on the industrial activity of multinationals in OECD countries. In an era of globalisation, these data highlight the increasing importance of multinationals in the economies of host countries. Time series cover 23 countries for the period 2000-2004.

Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Internet Economy

OECD Conference on Empowering E-Consumers

Broadband Statistics

Now updated with data through December 2008

OECD Broadband Portal

Responses to the economic crisis

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Innovation and the Crisis

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The most recent comparable data on communication sector performance.

OECD Communications Outlook 2009

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