In early 1999, the OECD launched an internationally comparable study of the diffusion and economic and competitive impacts of business-to-business electronic commerce over the Internet. A first set of case studies was conducted in France between Februeary
What were the main developments in international trade in steel during the period 1983 to 1993? Providing a statistical analysis of these on an area by area basis, this publication outlines the impact of the multiple changes in the world order on world trade in steel. The collapse of the CMEA, fo...
In 1994, the OECD published a report entitled "Biotechnology for a Clean Environment-Prevention,
Detectioo, Remediation". This report raised a number of issues, scientific, industrial and
economic, relating to the bottlenecks which inhibit the wider application of biotreatment and
bioremediati...
Waste and pollution have become global concerns. Bioremediation and bioprevention-the use of micro-organisms to treat or avoid pollution are increasingly recognised as treatments of choice in an impressive range of areas. These techniques are employed mor
Modern biotechnology could have an important impact on the scope of genetic changes that can be made to food organisms derived from aquatic sources, as well as on the range of possible sources of food.
This publication presents the scientific papers given at the symposium on Aquatic Biotechnol...
Industrial biotechnology has come of age: after decades spent in the shadow of two better-known fields, health and agro-food biotechnology, it has emerged into a world where environmental sustainability has become a global concern. However, sustainabilit
Biotechnology is moving into its third, and possibly largest domain. After health care and agro-food production, so far the two main areas of application, the protection and restoration of the environment is becoming a priority goal of the life sciences a
The OECD Workshop Mexico '96 on Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation, hosted by CONACYT (National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico), was held in Cocoyoc, Morelos, on 20-23 October 1996. It was the third OECD Workshop devoted to issues o
How much do governments spend on energy technology R&D in IEA Member countries? Are these R&D budgets shrinking and to what degree? Which energy technologies receive the most funding? Are the trends changing? An authoritative statistical work, unprecedent
