Offshoring and Employment: Trends and Impacts

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13-Jul-2007

This report provides new insights into offshoring, which has become a fact of life for business, and describes the wide-ranging effects that offshoring can have on domestic employment -- the positive, as well as the negative.

Staying Competitive in the Global Economy: Moving Up the Value Chain (Synthesis Report)

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06-Jun-2007

The globalisation of production has changed the industrial structure within OECD countries, and in some sectors blunted their competitiveness. Another major consequence has been fears of job losses, due to outsourcing and offshoring. How should OECD countries respond?

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2006

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04-Dec-2006

Published in December 2006, this edition of the OECD STI Outlook offers a comprehensive review of key trends in science, technology and innovation policy.

Compensated Gross Ton (CGT) System - 2007

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08-Nov-2006

The OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding, in association with the major shipbuilding associations, has released a revised and updated system to calculate compensated gross tons (cgt).

Developments in Steelmaking Capacity of Non-OECD Economies (2005 edition)

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07-Nov-2006

This publication is a two-yearly report on trends in the steelmaking capacity in economies that are not members of the OECD. This report examines the current steelmaking capacity of these economies and likely changes therein up to the year 2008.

The OECD Input-Output Database: 2006 edition (STI Working Paper 2006/8)

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20-Oct-2006

by Norihiko Yamano and Nadim Ahmad

This paper describes the compilation of these tables in the hope that this may benefit input-output compilers in national statistical offices and provide them with a better understanding of the information needed by the OECD to compile these tables in order to meet the demands of users.

OECD Broadband Statistics to June 2007

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12-Oct-2006

This page provides highlights on broadband statistics in OECD countries and links to the most recent data, time series and graphs.

OECD Broadband Statistics to December 2006

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12-Oct-2006

This page provides highlights on broadband statistics in OECD countries and links to the most recent data, time series and graphs.

OECD Broadband Statistics to June 2006

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12-Oct-2006

This page provides highlights on broadband statistics in OECD countries and links to the most recent data, time series and graphs.

OECD Information Technology Outlook 2006

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03-Oct-2006

This volume describes recent market dynamics and trends in industries supplying IT goods and services and offers an overview of the globalisation of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and the rise of ICT-enabled international sourcing.