Dictionary of International Commerce

The Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining provides a comprehensive, critical and descriptive examination of concepts, issues, trends, and challenges in this rapidly expanding field of data warehousing and mining (DWM). This encyclopedia consists of more than 350 contributors from 32 countries, 1,800 terms and definitions, and more than 4,400 references.

This encyclopedia is designed to "summarize the body of knowledge that we know as business in one place and in language appropriate to the layperson." The 315 articles cover the major functional areas of business: accounting, economics, finance, information systems, law, management, and marketing. Special emphasis is given to the topics of careers and business ethics. While some articles emphasize the historical development of a topic, others focus on current business activity and conditions. The second edition contains more than 30 new articles, most of them related to technology, new areas of business knowledge, international topics, and new organizations and legislation.

This encyclopedia is designed to "summarize the body of knowledge that we know as business in one place and in language appropriate to the layperson." The 315 articles cover the major functional areas of business: accounting, economics, finance, information systems, law, management, and marketing. Special emphasis is given to the topics of careers and business ethics. While some articles emphasize the historical development of a topic, others focus on current business activity and conditions. The second edition contains more than 30 new articles, most of them related to technology, new areas of business knowledge, international topics, and new organizations and legislation.

The monthly Main Economic Indicators (MEI) presents comparative statistics that provide an overview of recent international economic developments for the 30 OE CD countries,the euro area and a number of non-member economies.
Les Principaux indicateurs économiques (PIE) mensuels présentent des statistiques comparatives qui permettent d’avoir une vue d’ensemble des développements économiques les plus récents survenus dans les 30 pays de l’OCDE, dans la zone euro et dans certaines économies non membres.

Ce répertoire fournit des informations officielles sur les mandats, les dates de création et les durées des mandats courants, la composition des pays membres, les observateurs, la présidence du Conseil de l'OCDE et ses comités subsidiaires, sous-comités, groupes de travail, groupes d'experts, et groupes ad hoc. Il fournit également des informations sur l'Agence internationale de l'énergie et sur l'Agence de l'OCDE pour l'énergie nucléaire. Il est mis à jour chaque année.

The indicators cover the resources devoted to research and development, patent families, technology balance of payments and international trade in highly R&D-intensive industries.
Les indicateurs couvrent plus particulièrement les ressources consacrées aux activités de recherchedéveloppement, les familles de brevets, la balance des paiements technologiques et le commerce international dans les industries intensives en R-D.