Acronyms and abbreviations
Acronyms
Fifth generation of mobile networks
Alternative dispute mechanisms
Artificial intelligence
Business-to-business
Business-to-consumer
Business enterprise expenditure on R&D
Behavioural insights
Cloud computing
Corporate income tax
Continuing vocational education and training
Denial of service
European Commission
Enterprise resource planning
European Union
Foreign direct investment
Full-time equivalent
Gross domestic product
Gross fixed capital formation
Global value chain
Higher education institution
Horizon 2020
Initial coin offering
Information and communication technology
Internet of things
Intellectual property
Intellectual property right
International Standard Classification of Education
International Standard Classification of Occupation
International Standard Industrial Classification
International Standard for Country Codes
Information technology
Knowledge-based capital
Mergers and acquisitions
Multinational enterprise
Non-governmental organisation
National Statistics Office
Open Government Data
Open innovation
Peer-to-peer
OECD Programme on International Assessment of Adult Competences
OECD Programme on International Student Assessment
Purchasing power parity
Public-private partnership
Research and Development
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Radio frequency identification
Survey on the access to finance of enterprises
Supply chain management
Sustainable Development Goal
Small and medium-sized enterprise
Small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship
Subnational government
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Science, technology and innovation
United States dollar
Value added tax
Venture capital
Vocational education and training
Abbreviations
Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, People’s Republic of China, South Africa.
European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom).
Total OECD 36 (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States).
Cyprus
Note by Turkey:
The information in this document with reference to “Cyprus” relates to the southern part of the Island. There is no single authority representing both Turkish and Greek Cypriot people on the Island. Turkey recognises the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Until a lasting and equitable solution is found within the context of the United Nations, Turkey shall preserve its position concerning the “Cyprus issue”.
Note by all European Member States of the OECD and the European Union:
The Republic of Cyprus is recognised by all members of the United Nations with the exception of Turkey. The information in this document relates to the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
Israel
The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.