This paper analyses the role of services in international trade through the lens of global value chains (GVCs). Services account for more than 70% of world GDP but only for around 20% of world trade in balance of payments terms. In value added terms, accounting for services embodied in exported...

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We examine the institutions that facilitate the growth of organizations. Following a Weberian approach, we argue that organizations prefer institutions that create an environment rich in technological opportunities, legally secure, financially vibrant and politically predictable, and that they...