18-March-2004
English
Building on an earlier study of patterns on firm entry, exit growth and survival (DSTI Working Paper 2004/1), this paper takes a closer look at the role of policies and institutions for firm entry and survival and at the link between new firm creation and economic performance.
17-March-2004
English
This paper illustrates the process of defining patent families and outlines the methodology used to build triadic patent families.
11-March-2004
English
This study presents evidence on firm entry and exit, growth and survival derived with new data from Eurostat, covering nine European Union member countries.
3-November-2003
English
This paper explores trade in goods by creating an indicator that estimates CO2 emissions related to domestic demand for 24 countries (responsible for 80% of global CO2 emissions) as a complement to the more common emission indicator used in the Kyoto Protocol
1-November-2003
English
This paper examines how measurement problems affect international comparisons of labour productivity.
31-October-2003
English
As biotechnology becomes increasingly viewed as a strategic sector, the need for reliable statistics from which informed policy decisions can be made grows. This report provides an update on the biotechnology industry, based on primarily official statistical sources.
28-juin-2003
Français
Cette étude a deux objectifs : d’une part, recenser les dispositifs statistiques existants dans les pays de l’OCDE. Et, par ailleurs, débattre de la comparabilité de ces différentes sources.
25-June-2003
English
This paper examines recent patterns in productivity growth of service industries and analyses the role of problems in measuring service productivity growth on industry and aggregate productivity growth.
24-June-2003
English
This paper reviews a set of recommendations describing a harmonised method for estimating software.