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 (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.

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.

Iron and Steel Industry in 2004 (2006 Edition)

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22-Mar-2006

This annual publication provides statistical tables on steel production, consumption and trade data, as well as indicators such as employment levels, annual investment expenditures by sector and by country, export prices, domestic prices and indices for certain iron and steel products.

Measuring Globalisation: OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators

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30-Nov-2005

OECD economic globalisation indicators help identify the economic activities of member countries under foreign control, and more particularly the contribution of multinational enterprises to growth, employment, productivity, labour compensation, R&D, technology diffusion and int trade.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2005

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06-Oct-2005

As the knowledge-based economy goes on, how are countries faring in the areas of science, technology, and industry? The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2005 gives us the full picture using the latest internationally comparable data.

Iron and Steel Industry in 2003 (2005 edition)

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28-Jun-2005

This annual publication provides steel production and consumption statistics, trade data, and other indicators of activity such as employment levels, annual investment expenditures by sector and by country, export prices, domestic prices and indices for certain iron and steel products.

Developments in Steelmaking Capacity in Non-OECD Economies (2003 Edition)

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26-Jan-2005

This publication reports on steelmaking capacity developments in non-OECD countries. This latest edition reviews available material on existing capacity and likely developments through 2005. On a country-by-country basis, tables show existing capacity and equipment, increase in capacity, etc.