Acronyms and abbreviations

AI

Artificial intelligence

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

BEPS

Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

BIAC

Business at OECD

CBPR

Cross-Border Privacy Rules

CDN

Content delivery network

CRM

Customer relationship management

DSTRI

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

DTS

Digital transformation strategy

EB

Exabyte

EDI

Electronic data interchange

ERP

Enterprise resource planning

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GB

Gigabyte

GDP

Gross domestic product

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GST

Goods and services tax

GVC

Global value chain

HPC

High-performance computing

ICT

Information and communication technology

IoT

Internet of Things

IP

Internet protocol

IPRs

Intellectual property rights

IXP

Internet exchange point

KBC

Knowledge-based capital

M2M

Machine-to-machine

Mbps

Megabits per second

MNO

Mobile network operator

MOOC

Massive open online course

P2P

Peer-to-peer

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PPP

Public-private partnership

QC

Quantum computing

R&D

Research and development

RFID

Radio-frequency identification

RRI

Regulatory Restrictiveness Index

SCM

Supply-chain management

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

STRI

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

TUAC

Trade Union Advisory Committee

USD

United States dollar

VAT

Value-added tax

VC

Venture capital

WTO

World Trade Organization

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