ICT Diffusion to Business: National Peer Reviews

These reports review the status of ICT diffusion to business in individual countries and describe current and earlier policies aimed at ICT uptake in firms in Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Korea, Norway and Switzerland.

ICT, E-Business and SMEs (STI Digital Economy Paper 88)

The main policy directions derived from the analysis are to foster appropriate business environments for e-business and ICT uptake, and target programmes to overcome market failures to the extent that they are needed in particular areas.

ICT Skills and Employment (STI Digital Economy Paper 87)

This report, part of the 2004 OECD IT Outlook, is the first in a series looking at the distribution of ICT skilled employment in the economy, various ways in which ICT skills needs can be satisfied, and the role of ICT-skilled employment in international services sourcing, or offshoring.

Related Documents

• OECD Information Technology Outlook 2004

Highly Skilled Labour and International Mobility in South America (STI Working Paper 2004/10)

This paper presents the main trends in respect of the supply of human resources in science and technology (HRST) in Latin America and the international mobility of its highly skilled labour.

Developing Highly Skilled Workers: Human Capital Peer Reviews

These peer reviews (of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden) present recommendations for policy actions in each country based on strengths and weaknesses observed in the policy approach to developing highly skilled workers to fulfil future industry requirements.

Workshop on Services, 15-16 November 2004

Interest in the services sector is growing across OECD countries. To help address some of the major measurement challenges, the OECD organised a workshop on services on 15-16 November 2004. The above document gives the outcome of this workshop.

ICT, E-business and Small and Medium Enterprises (STI Digital Economy Paper 86)

Information and communication technology (ICT) connectivity (PCs and Internet) is very widespread in businesses of all sizes.

Norway - Developments at the WTO Negotiations on Maritime Transport Services

Document presented by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway, at the November 2004 Workshop on Maritime Transport.

Biotechnology Statistics Progress Report 2004

Statistical work on biotechnology is carried out under the aegis of the OECD Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI). The above document gives the outcome of the 2004 experts' meeting.

Towards A Global Biological Resource Centre Network

Biological resources are the foundation of all biological sciences research. They provide the source material for scientific investigation, leading to many of the discoveries on which biotechnology is founded.