Industry issues

The Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) focuses on drivers of industrial productivity and related policies, factors affecting the performance of (large and small) firms and (manufacturing and service) sectors, and patterns and levels of industrial globalisation.

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Financing High-Growth Firms: The Role of Angel Investors

23-Dec-2011

Angel investment is the primary source of outside equity financing and support for start-ups in a number of countries, yet it is frequently overlooked as angel investors are often not visible. 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.

Business Innovation Policies: Selected Country Comparisons

27-Oct-2011

This study is concerned with trends in and key features of policies and programmes used by governments to support innovation in the business sector. In addition to identifying good practices across a range of programme types, it compares business innovation policies across a number of countries.

OECD Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit

12-Sep-2011

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. It includes an internationally applicable common set of indicators helping businesses measure their environmental performance at the level of a plant or facility. In addition to the Toolkit's web portal, the user guide booklet is now available.

Conference on new building blocks for jobs and economic growth

from 16-May-2011 to 17-May-2011

This conference in Washington, DC, aimed to raise public awareness about the growing importance of intangibles in driving economic growth and provide a roadmap for identification of key research and policy areas that can help governments and businesses develop growth strategies that adopt a broad concept of innovation and thereby better utilise intangible assets.

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An internationally applicable set of indicators to measure environmental performance at facility level

OECD Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit