文档介绍：外文题目:Financial Services and petitiveness of the Taiwan Industry
出处:Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets & Policies; Sep2001, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p311, 14p
作者: Wea, Chi-Lin
Trade in Services refers to the sale and delivery of an intangible product, called a service, between a producer and consumer. Trade in services takes place between a producer and consumer that are, in legal terms, based in different countries, or economies, this is called International Trade in Services.
International trade in services is defined by the Four Modes of Supply of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(Mode 1) Cross border trade, which is defined as delivery of a service from the territory of one country into the territory of other country;
(Mode 2) Consumption abroad - this mode covers supply of a service of one country to the service consumer of any other country;
(Mode 3) Commercial presence - which covers services provided by a service supplier of one country in the territory of any other country,
(Mode 4) Presence of natural persons - which covers services provided by a service supplier of one country through the presence of natural persons in the territory of any other country.
In global works, the production is regarded as a broad value-added process, and the up grading of industrial structure is mainly reflected by the transit from the stage of low value-added production and processing to the stages of high value-added R&D and marketing. Through asset-specific investments, Chinese enter prises can take advantage of the positive externalities and dynamic learning effect of global work to p romote the upgrading of industrial structure, but the soundness of law system and patibility of technical standards also affect the performance of the upgrading of industrial structure. Chinese enter prises should increase asset-specific investments for flagship firms and senior suppliers. Chinese government should create a goo
d institutional environment for asset-spe