Services are transforming OECD economies on a massive scale, but are still impeded by regulations and policies that … stifle innovation and competition. Comprehensive reforms need to be pursued internationally as well as in individual OECD … Potential of the Service Economy: Facilitating Growth, Innovation and Competition”. …

At its meeting in May 2003, the Ministerial Council asked the OECD to analyse the contribution made by the services … sector to employment growth, productivity and innovation, and to identify factors, institutions and policies that could … services. …

The services sector now accounts for over 70% of total employment and value added in OECD economies. It also accounts … for almost all employment growth in the OECD area. But despite its growing weight, productivity growth in services has … been slow in many OECD countries and the share of the working-age population employed in services remains low in many …

To match the global demand and supply of innovation, businesses increasingly internationalise their innovation … activities while opening their innovation process by collaborating with external partners (e.g., suppliers, customers …, universities). This book examines what drives these global innovation networks across different industries, how they are related to …

that have arisen in international discussions over liberalising trade in environmental goods and services. In addition to … environmental services and environmental goods. Synthesise the findings of various country studies on environmental goods and … services undertaken by the OECD and other inter-governmental organisations. …