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Services and Global Value Chains: Servicification of Manufacturing and Services Networks

Development Division, WTO, Rue de Lausanne 154, 1211, Geneva 21, Switzerland

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International Trade Statistics Section in the Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO, Rue de Lausanne 154, 1211, Geneva 21, Switzerland

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793993315500143Cited by:41 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The role of services as an input into manufacturing production — often termed "servicification" of manufacturing — is substantial in both developed and developing economies. The paper lays out conceptual and measurement issues related to services networks and provides evidence based on trade in value added statistics. Compared to goods value chains, services networks appear less fragmented internationally based on trade in value added statistics and survey evidence. However, to better capture the international services fragmentation, advances in statistics by enterprise characteristics and by mode of supply, i.e., taking into account the movement of labor and capital, are required.

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JEL: D57, F14, F23, L80

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