Abstract According to Standard & Poor, the market of the global medical devices of orthopedics in 2002 is $13 billion , the U.S.A market accounts for the always selling of 60%, about $7,6 billion, there is 13% to 16% increasing in every year, it is estimated that will growing up over twice within ten years , Currently, Taiwan market of the artificial joint products which mainly come from importing in foreign countries, such as Zimmer , J&J DePuy , Stryker,Wright , Smith&Nephew and British¡¦s company of Biomet ,etc. And Taiwanese medical device of orthopedics companies shares less 1% of global orthopedics market. In general speaking, besides U.S.A market, the market of Mainland China can be expected to grow up 20-30% in every year; the annual increasing in Japan and South Korea. are about 10-15%; Taiwan market also annual grow up 4-6% . The rest of Asian countries of healthcare insurance systems do not build up well so far. These countries will strong and increasing the national income and aging population in future, it is expected that the market scale will be expanded day by day. Case study found the orthopedics apparatus industry of development is influenced by government medical devices regulation and reimbursement system. Due to the loss of medical expenditure and reimbursement system reform that threaten to influence the development of transnational medical devices of orthopedics directly, relatively but the opportunity to medical device of orthopedics of native country of Taiwan enterprises. The manufacturer of Taiwan is one of the international division system, have ability to manufacture and development. Taiwan becomes the center of research and development, stand firm in the most key position in the value chain of production. Then could keep the advantage manufacture in abroad and maintain it with international factory's strategic partner's relationship. Key words: Medical devices, Transnational enterprises, Native country of Taiwan enterprises , Orthopedics apparatus , Competitiveness advantage

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Claudia Ruy Cardia.pdf: 1407860 bytes, checksum: 7ee0d7add26b88ee79e1b541cc8cce2c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-17 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The present work aims to study the quantitative and qualitative expansion of transnational corporations as a result of the globalization process, as well as the consequent emergence of their responsibility for the protection and empowerment of women in this scenario. In this sense, an analysis of the main implications of this phenomenon for the Public International Law and the International Human Rights Law will be made, being critically assessed the international regulation of the activity developed by transnational corporations made by the subjects and actors that compose the post-modern international society in the issue of gender protection, in a context of necessary international cooperation between such entities. The present work is presented through bibliographical research as well as literature and documents of an exploratory-descriptive character, with the use of both inductive and deductive methods for achieving the main findings / O presente trabalho tem por objetivo o estudo da expansão quantitativa e qualitativa das empresas transnacionais como decorrência do processo de globalização, bem como do consequente surgimento de sua responsabilidade para com a proteção e o empoderamento das mulheres nesse cenário. Serão, dessa maneira, analisadas as principais implicações desse fenômeno para o Direito Internacional Público e para o Direito Internacional dos Direitos Humanos, sendo avaliada criticamente a regulamentação internacional da atividade das empresas transnacionais feita pelos sujeitos e atores que compõem a sociedade internacional pós-moderna na temática da proteção de gênero, em um contexto de necessária cooperação internacional entre tais entes. O presente trabalho será elaborado por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental de caráter exploratório-descritivo, sendo utilizados os métodos indutivo e dedutivo para o alcance das principais conclusões