The OECD Jobs Strategy Technology, Productivity and Job Creation Best Policy Practices 1998 Edition
The OECD Jobs Strategy Technology, Productivity and Job Creation Best Policy Practices 1998 Edition

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 1998-07-29

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9264163417

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This report points to a decline in public support for research and development (R&D), mainly affecting basic, long-term research, and examines the levelling-off in private sector R&D along with changes in its direction away from basic research towards more market-driven and short-term efforts.

OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 1999 Issue 1
OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 1999 Issue 1

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 1999-07-16

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9264173137

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The OECD Economic Outlook analyses the major trends in the OECD area that will mark the next two years. In addition, this issue addresses: labour-market conditions, climate change, capital flow instability, widenening current account imbalances, protectionism, and market openness.

How Can HR Drive Growth?
How Can HR Drive Growth?

Author: George Saridakis

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1781002266

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The ten up-to date research reviews that are presented in this book provide new insights into the HR academic literature. The chapters provide clear lessons that can be learnt from, along with strategies, approaches and processes in which HR could be used by both practitioners and policy makers to drive growth. The book shows how suitable strategy can increase workforce knowledge, leadership skills, entrepreneurial spirit, organizational involvement, safety and well-being and how HR can enhance performance within small and large, private and public, single-site and multi-site firms. This book explores cross-disciplinary human resources literature and up-to-date trends and directions relevant to academics, research students, policy makers, the business world and other stakeholders.

Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 1998
Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 1998

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 1998-10-09

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9264163441

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Presents a discussion of recent trends and prospects in science, technology and industry, based on comparative indicators, such as output, investment and productivity, research and development (R&D), patent activity and innovation and knowledge flows.

Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2000
Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2000

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2000-09-27

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 9264187863

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This study summarises key recent developments in science, technology and innovation across the OECD area. It covers trends, provides an overview of policy developments and emphasises the roles played by science and technology in recent economic growth.

The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals

Author: Matthew Rimmer

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 703

ISBN-13: 180392523X

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Complex geopolitical debate surrounds the role of intellectual property (IP) in advancing and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Summarising and advancing this discourse, this prescient Companion is a thorough examination of how IP law interacts, influences and impacts each of the seventeen SDGs.

OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019
OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 926435882X

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The new OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook presents the latest trends in performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and provides a comprehensive overview of business conditions and policy frameworks for SMEs and entrepreneurs. This year’s edition provides comparative evidence on business dynamism, productivity growth, wage gaps and export trends by firm size across OECD countries and emerging economies.