The publication again addresses the question of the environmental safety of the scale-up of micro-organisms developed by bitechnology for use as biofertilisers. It describes how the concept of familiarity, with micro-organisms as biofertilizers, the introduced trait, the environment, and their in...
The ability to determine the scale of innovation activities, the characteristics of innovating firms, and the internal and systemic factors that can influence innovation is a prerequisite for the pursuit and analysis of policies aimed at fostering innovation. The Oslo Manual is the foremost inter...
The Korean electronics industry, hitherto heavily dependent on original equipment manufacturing (OEM), is undergoing profound changes. Not only is the emphasis changing from components to consumer electronics and advanced technology exports, but attempts are being made through large scale invsetm...
This study examines in detail how China, in laying the foundations for rapid industrialisation in the next century, is coping with the opportunities and challenges posed by the new global technological and economic environment. Drawing on a thorough analysis of China's science and technology poli...
The OECD is a unique forum where governments work toghether to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments responds to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, th...
Technology and productivity grwoth are central to the current employment problem in OECD countries. In the long run, knowledge, particularly technological knowledge, is the main source of economic growth and improved quality of life. But the process of technical change, best described as one of c...
Technology and productivity grwoth are central to the current employment problem in OECD countries. In the long run, knowledge, particularly technological knowledge, is the main source of economic growth and improved quality of life. But the process of technical change, best described as one of c...
The OECD is a unique forum where governments work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is alsc at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, sach as corporate governance, the ...
Information Technology (IT) began to be widely used across all sectors of the economy in the 1980s, prompting governments to develop new policy instruments. By comparing the evolution of IT policy in Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden during this period, this report identifies public policy chang...
Though only three years old, electronic commerce over the Internet has the potential to transform the marketplace. E-commerce will change the way business is conducted. Traditional intermediary functions will be replaced, new products and markets will be developed, and new relationships will be c...
