The globalisation of production processes characterises the current phase of globalisation. Participation in global value chains (GVCs) can bring stability to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and allow them to increase productivity and expand their business. This OECD report identifies...

This report builds on the OECD’s longstanding work measuring government support in agriculture, fossil fuels, fisheries, and more recently in the aluminium value chain in order to estimate producer support and related market distortions in the semiconductor value chain. Results for 21 large...

This paper synthesises the main policy implications of OECD work focusing on the interplay between participation and positioning in global value chains (GVCs), employment demand and supply and workforce’s skills endowment. They relate to: the way innovation, technology and participation in...

Heutzutage kommen Produkte kaum mehr aus einem einzigen Land. Stattdessen erlauben es globale Wertschöpfungsketten einer schier unbegrenzten Anzahl von Volkswirtschaften, den Teil eines Herstellungsprozesses auszuführen, den sie am effizientesten liefern können. Diese Ketten sind Beweis...