OECD Policy Guidance for Addressing Emerging Consumer Protection and Empowerment Issues in Mobile Commerce (STI Digital Economy Paper 149)

The policy guidance lays out the policy responses that need to be in place to ensure that consumers engaging in mobile commerce transactions are adequately informed, and are protected against security or privacy risks.

The OECD REGPAT Database: A Presentation (STI Working Paper 2008/2)

This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that more than 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries.

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Economics of Malware: Security Decisions, Incentives and Externalities (STI Working Paper 2008/1)

This working paper is based on qualitative empirical research into the incentives of market players when dealing with malicious software (malware).

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• Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy

The Measurement of Globalisation Using International Input-Output Tables (STI Working Paper 2007/8)

One of the distinctive characteristics of the current globalisation process is the emergence of global value chains. This paper shows how international input-output tables can be used to provide empirical evidence of the growing importance of these global value chains.

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• Input-Output Tables
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RFID applications, impacts and country initiatives (STI Digital Economy Paper 144)

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a promising new technology with a rapidly growing range of applications, many integrating technologies such as sensors. In this report, eight major fields of application are analysed, impacts are discussed and country initiatives described.

Public rights of way for fibre deployment to the home (STI Digital Economy Paper 143)

This paper examines the policies to obtain public rights-of-way permits in a number of OECD countries and access to ducts, which may act to slow down the pace of fibre roll-out in local access market, and suggests the policy options available.

Developments in fibre technologies and investment (STI Digital Economy Paper 142)

This paper provides an overview of developments in optical fibre communication technology and investment. Specifically, the paper finds that the costs of deploying these networks are significant and that the monthly prices subscribers will pay will be highly dependent on take-up rates.

At a Crossroads: "Personhood" and the Digital Identity in the Information Society (STI Working Paper 2007/7)

This paper discusses the relationship between the development of digital identity management and the concept of personhood.

Global opportunities for Internet access developments (STI Digital Economy Paper 141)

The Internet has been remarkably successful in developing greater communication access for the first billion users. This report seeks to address the question of where new Internet users will come from and to examine the large shifts in communications policy.

Measuring Security and Trust in the Online Environment: A View Using Official Data (STI Digital Economy Paper 140)

This paper reviews available official statistics on trust and security in the online environment. It discusses whether security concerns are an obstacle to Internet use and examines how people and companies protect their equipment and networks.