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.

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?

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

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An overview of the role of services in economic performance, and the factors that affect the performance of the services sector.

Enhancing the Performance of the Services Sector