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The Global Forum website tries to keep track of the ever changing landscape of trade analysis, measurement of trade and trade statistics. The site keeps a database of links to over 150 relevant publications, reports, articles and speeches.

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Publications

A New Integrated System of Business Micro-data

M. Grazzi R. Sanzo A. Secchi A. Zeli 2009
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Micro.3 is the outcome of a joint collaboration ISTAT-LEM. The development of MICRO.3 took a considerable amount of time and involved the work of researchers at several units at ISTAT together with collaboration of LEM members during the various phases of the project. What made the project even more demanding was the necessity to bridge together data coming from different sources. Ofcourse, since Micro.3 and the related database contain census data collected by ISTAT it can only be accessed at ISTAT facilities in Rome on the basis of a research agreement... more »

Pharmaceutical Industry: The Globalization of Innovation

Can India and China Cure the Global Pharmaceutical Market?
Vivek Wadhwa Ben Rissing Gary Gereffi John Trumpbour Pete Engardio 2008
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Industries are oft en thought of in terms of the nations that have launched the greatest innovations. There is a perception of a U.S. automotive industry pitted against a Japanese industry, for example, or the U.S. pharmaceutical industry against the European industry. Globalization has, however, rapidly changed the underlying nature of these competitive relationships… more »

Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata

The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database
2011

Many national statistical agencies collect data on business establishments; however, very few disseminate establishment-level data as unrestricted public use _les. Instead, they disseminate business data in highly aggregated forms, such as the County Business Patterns and the Business Dynamics Statistics released by the U. S. Census Bureau or the Business Employment Dynamics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.1 The dearth of establishment level data stems from requirements, both legal and practical, to protect the confidentiality of establishments' data... more »