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Future-ready Growth in APEC: Unlocking New Drivers and Fortifying Resilience
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•November 2015
Services in Global Value Chains: Manufacturing-Related Services
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APEC Secretariat, APEC Policy Support Unit
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Pages
510
The objective of the study is to collect firm-specific insights on the contribution of manufacturing related services in their supply/value chain operations using a case-study approach. It also analyses how government policies affecting the production and trade of services – such as investment and investment-related policies, taxes and regulations – can have a significant implications on firm’s configuration, operation and location of value chains. During the study, case studies involving 22 firms based in 12 APEC economies were compiled. They cover different sectors ranging from automotive components and mining equipment to electrical appliances and watch. The summary report can be found in Chapter 1 while the individual case studies can be found in Chapter 2 to 21.
