A well-developed services supply chain is crucial for regional integration. In the context of East Asia and ASEAN, it will allow countries at varying development stages to effectively participate in regional as well as global supply chains. This paper examines services from a supply chain...

"The trade-investment-service-intellectual property (IP) nexus remains at the heart of economic development and the main features of which are global value chains (GVCs) and digitalisation. The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) has become a critical issue not only for advanced...

Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Part I Understanding e-commerce; Introduction: ASEAN development in the digital economy; 1 E-commerce and international trade; Part II Rules and regulations; 2 Cross-border...

Introduction, Lurong Chen and Fukunari Kimura 1. IPR Protection and Global Value Chains in the Digital Era: With Policy Implications for ASEAN Development, Lurong Chen and Fukunari Kimura 2. IPR Protection for Asian Development: Opportunities and Challenges from Global Value Chains and the...

The digital economy provides ample opportunities for G20 economies to accelerate inclusive economic growth. To take advantage of digital technology, free flow of data backed up by a series of policies to address other public policy objectives must be promoted. However, policies for the flow of...