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26 Mar 2001
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Article
English
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Voucher Programmes and their Role in Distributing Public Services
Martin Cave, Pages: 59–88
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This paper is concerned with a number of conceptual and practical issues associated with the use of vouchers to distribute public services. Section 1 proposes a definition of vouchers and considers the position which voucher distribution occupies in ...
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29 Nov 2007
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Article
English
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Values, Principles and Integrity: Academic and Professional Standards in Higher Education
Ian McNay, Pages: 1–24
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This paper is based mainly on responses – nearly 300 – to a web-based survey of academic staff in UK higher education. The survey examined their personal and professional values and their views on the values that should underpin higher education ...
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29 Nov 2007
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Article
English
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Values, Ethics and Teacher Education: A Perspective from Pakistan
Rukhsana Zia, Pages: 1–21
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Higher Education Management and Policy
Values and ethics are automatically incorporated into any teaching/learning environment or endeavour, whether or not they are consciously stated objectives. The focus on "quality of education" has sharpened as people have become concerned about a ...
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19 Oct 2006
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Article
English
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VVER-1000 MOX Core Computational Benchmark: Specification and Results
Eugeny Gomin, Mikhail Kalugin, Dmitry Oleynik, Pages: 1–85
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OECD Papers
This report presents the VVER MOX Core Computational Benchmark Specification and Results, which was proposed as a benchmark within the OECD/NEA Expert Group on Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD). Benchmark results, obtained using three ...
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15 Nov 2006
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Article
English
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VVER-1000 Coolant Transient Benchmark: Phase 1 (V1000CT-1) Vol. 2. Summary Results of Exercise 1: Point Kinetics Plant Simulation
Boyan D. Ivanov, Kostadin N. Ivanov, Pages: 1–94
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OECD Papers
In the recent past, the analysis of plant transients and the analysis of reactor core behaviour were performed separately. Usually, the core was represented by a point kinetics model to analyse plant transients and, for the core physics ...
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25 Oct 2006
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Article
English
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Very High Burn-ups in Light Water Reactors
OECD, Pages: 1–137
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OECD Papers
This study resulted from a discussion at the June 2002 meeting of the OECD/NEA Nuclear Science Committee, at which it was first suggested to set up a project to address very high burn-ups (specifically average discharge burn-ups in the range 60-100 ...
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28 July 2009
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Vertical Trade, Trade Costs and FDI
Sébastien Miroudot, Alexandros Ragoussis, Pages: 48
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OECD Trade Policy Papers
Firms find advantages in sourcing inputs from abroad and in fragmenting their production process. On
average, vertical trade represents about one third of total trade among OECD countries. This report
describes and illustrates new firm strategies of vertical specialisation and explores the...
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10 Jan 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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VoIP: Developments in the Market
OECD, Pages: 58
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
The development of broadband Internet access, has triggered a shift in voice traffic from traditional public switched telephone networks (PSTN) to alternative Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
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01 Aug 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Virtuous Circles? Human Capital Formation, Economic Development and the Multinational Enterprise
Ethan B. Kapstein, Pages: 26
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
In recent years, academics and policy makers have emphasised the role of human capital formation in economic development. By creating human capital, countries become more attractive to private investment, both domestic and foreign. And through such investment, countries grow and prosper.Yet the...
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01 Jan 1996
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Valuing the Right to Tax Incomes: An Options Pricing Approach
Teun Draaisma, Kathryn Gordon, Pages: 20
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper uses options pricing techniques to estimate the value of the government’s tax claim on household or business incomes. It treats the annual tax claim as a European call option on taxable income (a European call is an option that can be exercised at its expiration date and not before)....
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28 Jan 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policies in Korea
Günseli Baygan, Pages: 21
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
The Korean venture capital market has grown dramatically in recent years, starting from a negligible base in the early 1990s and almost tripling between 1998 and 2001. Korea now ranks among the leading OECD countries in venture capital investment as a share of GDP. Korea weathered the severe...
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28 Jan 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policy Review: United Kingdom
Günseli Baygan, Pages: 20
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Despite high levels of private equity financing in the United Kingdom, relatively little funding is reaching small, technology-based companies. Institutional investors, both domestic and foreign, remain focused on later-stage deals. The United Kingdom has implemented several policy initiatives...
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30 June 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Valuation and Exploitation of Intellectual Property
Shigeki Kamiyama, Jerry Sheehan, Catalina Martinez, Pages: 49
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
As firms shift to more open models of innovation based on collaboration and external sourcing of knowledge, they are exploiting their intellectual property, notably patents, not only by incorporating protected inventions into new products, processes and services, but also by licensing them to...
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08 Dec 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policy Review: Norway
Günseli Baygan, Pages: 18
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
The Norwegian venture capital market is oriented towards expansion investments in traditional sectors and suffers from a lack of private risk capital as well as of entrepreneurial demand. Norway needs to increase the entry of innovative start-ups in order to diversify the economy beyond its...
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21 Aug 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policy Review: United States
Günseli Baygan, Pages: 23
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
The United States has the oldest and most developed venture capital industry in the OECD. Several successful high-technology companies in computers and communications, as well as in healthrelated sectors and services, were venture-backed. Young high-growth firms also benefit from a continuum of...
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08 Dec 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policy Review: Spain
Ricardo Tejada, Pages: 20
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Spain's expanding venture capital market is still biased towards mature firms in traditional sectors with little investment in technology-based start-ups. Although the country has benefited from substantial inflows of foreign venture capital, steps are needed to increase domestic levels of...
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25 June 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policies in Denmark
Günseli Baygan, Pages: 21
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Denmark has one of the lowest levels of venture capital investment as a share of GDP among OECD countries. The Danish government tried a number of supply-side initiatives in the 1990s with varying degrees of success. Problems stem from a lack of equity investment culture, the high levels and...
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28 Jan 2003
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Venture Capital Policies in Israel
Günseli Baygan, Pages: 19
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Israel has a higher level of venture capital as a share of GDP than any OECD country. Most Israeli venture capital is channelled to early-stage companies, particularly start-ups in sectors based on information and communications technology (ICT) and biotechnology. The Israeli venture capital...
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17 June 2011
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Virtual Worlds: Immersive Online Platforms for Collaboration, Creativity and Learning
OECD, Pages: 50
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
Virtual worlds are increasingly evolving into Internet-mediated "spaces", where large groups of people meet and interact in real-time while experiencing a shared sensation of being there together. This enables richer and more dynamic social interaction and collaboration across national and...
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03 Aug 2010
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Voluntary Carbon Markets: How can they Serve Climate Policies?
Pierre Guigon, Pages: 31
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OECD Environment Working Papers
In this paper, we aim to examine how voluntary carbon markets can provide a valuable contribution to strengthening domestic and international climate policies. Voluntary markets are defined as small and unregulated segments of an established carbon market that are driven by voluntary offsetting...
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