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

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11-Jun-2008

This volume brings together several studies on globalisation carried out over the past few years. 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.

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.

The Iron and Steel Industry: online 2008 edition

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01-Apr-2008

What are the trends in the iron and steel industry for the world's major economies? This online publication provides analysis and statistics on key developments in the steel industry and selected raw materials markets.

Recent Trends in the Internationalisation of R&D in the Enterprise Sector

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13-Mar-2008

The internationalisation of scientific and technological activities has grown in scale. The role and strategy of multinationals in R&D raises new issues not only for firms themselves but also for policy makers. This report sets out facts and trends that emerge from the data available.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007

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25-Oct-2007

Bringing together over 200 internationally comparable quality indicators to explore the progress of national innovation strategies and recent developments in science, technology and industry.

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?

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

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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.

Input-Output Analysis in an Increasingly Globalised World: Applications of OECD's Harmonised International Tables (STI Working Paper 2006/7)

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01-Sep-2006

by Brian Wixted, Norihiko Yamano and Colin Webb

This paper is primarily aimed at a non-technical audience and focuses on the applications and important policy questions that can benefit from the availability of harmonised input-output tables, such as those developed over the years by the OECD.