Financing High-Growth Firms: The Role of Angel Investors

This book covers seed stage financing for high-growth companies in OECD and non-OECD countries with a primary focus on angel investment. It provides an overview of angel financing, including a description of how it has evolved and policy interventions taken within some countries.

Compilation of Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Category (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2011/6)

The OECD STAN Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Category allows insights into patterns of trade in intermediate goods between countries to track global production networks and supply chains and helps address other related policy issues such as trade in value added and tasks.

Imports, Innovation and Employment after Crisis - Evidence from a Developing Country (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2011/5)

Imports are often perceived as a threat to employment. However, access to imported intermediate inputs can be essential to stimulate innovation and employment. We investigate based on a unique dataset of Ecuadorian manufacturing firms, their final products and intermediate inputs.

Recent Developments in Asian Economic Integration (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2011/3)

This paper analyses the contribution to and engagement in global supply chains of Asian emerging economies by measuring several globalisation indicators based on the harmonised input-output and bilateral trade databases developed by the OECD.

Access to period specific I-O metadata

Access to period specific I-O metadata

OECD Steel Committee signals growing uncertainty over industry outlook

The outlook for the global steel market has become more uncertain, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 5-6 2011 . Policies to support open markets for raw materials are key, they said.

OECD Workshop on Steelmaking Raw Materials and the 71st Session of the Steel Committee Dec 2011

The purpose of the Workshop was to bring together policy makers, raw material producers and steel industry representatives to exchange information on raw material market developments and problems pertaining to the availability of raw materials.

Business Innovation Policies: Selected Country Comparisons

This study examines trends in and key features of policies and programmes used by governments to support innovation in the business sector.

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• The OECD Innovation Strategy

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011: Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies

The STI Scoreboard analyses the major trends in knowledge and innovation in today’s global economy. With over 180 indicators it presents a policy-oriented review of science, technology, innovation and industrial performance in OECD and major non-OECD countries.

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• OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook
• Measuring Innovation: A New Perspective - online version
• OECD Communications Outlook
• OECD Information Technology Outlook
• Main Science and Technology Indicators (MSTI)
• Statistical analysis of science, technology and industry

OECD Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit

This toolkit aims to provide a practical starting point for businesses around the world to improve the efficiency of their production processes and products enabling them to contribute to sustainable development and green growth.