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.

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?

Measuring Globalisation: OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators

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30-Nov-2005

OECD Economic Globalisation Indicator shelps 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.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2003

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21-Oct-2003

The Science, Technology and Industry (STI) Scoreboard 2003 brings together the latest internationally comparable data on trends in the knowledge-based economy.

Measuring Globalisation 2001

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21-Mar-2002

This publication presents detailed data on the role played by multinationals in the OECD economies. Volume I, which is updated annually on SourceOECD, provides data for the manufacturing sector. Volume ...

Offshoring

New insights into the phenomenon of offshoring and the wide-ranging effects it can have on domestic employment.

Offshoring and Employment: Trends and Impacts

Measuring Globalisation

With over 250 graphs, these indicators shed light on the contribution of multinationals to growth, employment, productivity, labour compensation, R&D and international trade.

OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators

Guidelines for data collection and the fine-tuning of indicators to measure the extent and intensity of economic globalisation.

OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators