After controlling for firm-level factor intensities and scale, and industry-level concentration, total factor productivity differentials between MNC (multinational corporation) joint ventures or SOEs (state-owned enterprises) and private firms were usually positive and statistically significant...

Multinational corporations (MNCs), both wholly-foreign and joint ventures, and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) often had higher labor productivity and lower capital productivity than local, private firms in Vietnamese manufacturing during 2000-2006. After controlling for firm-level variation in...

This paper analyzes exports of multinational corporations (MNCs) in Vietnamese manufacturing, highlighting the disproportionately large contribution of heavily-foreign MNCs with foreign ownership shares of 90% or more. The exports of heavily-foreign manufacturing MNCs are substantial and...