Universities and other higher education institutions are key elements in the science system in aIl OECD countries. They perform research and train researchers and other skilled personnel. In recent years, significant changes in the university environment
Industrial research & development (R&D) is defined as R&D activities carried out in the business enterprise sector, regardless of the origin of funding. While the govemment and the higher education sectors also carry out R&D activities, industrial R&D remains the most closely linked to the creati...
The publication reflects recent efforts made by the OECD to improve the quality and ovailability of industrial R&D expenditure data. hence, as of this year, the coverage of ANBERD has been extended to 58 sectors, including extended converage of the services, starting with the survey year 1987. Th...
This annual publication reflects recent efforts made by the OECD to improve the quality and availability of its data on industrial R&D expenditure. The publication first presents estimated data coovering a period of 23 years for 15 OECD countries, as well as a zone total for the european Union. I...
El presente Manual se ha redactado por y para los expertos nacionales de los
países miembros que, entre otras cosas, recogen y difunden los datos nacionales
relativos a la I+D, y responden a las encueslas de la OCDE sobre I+D realizadas
con la cooperación del Secretaria~lo de la División ele a...
Many criteria or test issues for the degree of modernity of new and old intellectual property laws are also analysed: protection for chemical and pharmaceutical products or for biotechnological inventions; trademark protection; protection of know-how and trade secrets; and, finally, protection of...
This report presents the results of a project by the OECD Working Party on Research Institutions an Human Resources (RIHR), on "the Transformation of Public Research Institutions". To date, PRIs have been the subject of fewer analyses, and work has often
The Industry Committee's project "Public Support to Industry" has reached several milestones in its efforts to improve international transparency and compare, OECD-wide, the trends and patterns of national support policies.
First, melhodological innovatio
Technology plays a major role in shaping industrial performance: it affects productivity growth, creates and destroys jobs, changes skill requirements in the economy, and shapes the capacity of firms and indsutries to perform in international markets. Its potential economic gains are realised, ho...
While the development of new knowledge is becoming incrasingly important in the emerging knowledge-based economy, the impact of technology on growth, jobs and welfare is determined largely by the way in which technology is diffused, absorbed and used throughout the economy. For technological prog...
