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The missing middle : growing and strengthening Viet Nam's micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises
Co, Catherine Yap; Thu Kim Nguyen; Tung Nhu Nguyen; Que … - 2017
We study the exporting and subcontracting decisions, mark-ups, market concentration, and growth of a panel of … subcontractors, subcontracting is a supplementary rather than primary activity. Second, there is strong evidence that the propensity …
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Imports, supply chains, and firm productivity
Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2016
This paper explores the relationship between imports and firm productivity, focusing on imported intermediates. Using firm-level data on over 20,000 manufacturing firms in Viet Nam, we find evidence for competition-induced productivity gains from trade. We show that gains in intermediate sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532419
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Imports, supply chains, and firm productivity
Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2016
This paper explores the relationship between imports and firm productivity, focusing on imported intermediates. Using firm-level data on over 20,000 manufacturing firms in Viet Nam, we find evidence for competition-induced productivity gains from trade. We show that gains in intermediate sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517294
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Helping SMEs internationalise through trade facilitation
Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Sorescu, Silvia - 2019
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in generating economic activity and employment in developing and developed countries. However, partly due to remaining at-the-border trade costs, SMEs continue to be less represented in international trade – as direct exporters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110977
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Getting the facts right on born globals
Ferguson, Shon; Henrekson, Magnus; Johannesson, Louise - 2018
outperform other exporting firms. Thus, the notion that born globals are superior to firms that follow a more gradual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852369
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Exporting a bit faster : the long-run performance of born globals in computing
Ferguson, Shon; Henrekson, Magnus - 2018
Policymakers in several countries have recently taken steps to promote the rapid export expansion of high-tech small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The goal of these policies has been to create successful export-intensive firms, which are often referred to as born globals. To the best of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894354
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Firm growth, exporting and information communication technology (ICT) in Southern Africa
Masenyetse, Rethabile; Manamathela, Malefu - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 12 (2023), pp. 1-12
Namibia and assesses whether exporting activity and use of information communication technology play any role in growth of the … communication technology, exporting activities, foreign ownership and the legal form of the firm. The result is robust even when … through rolling out information communication technology infrastructure and promoting access to exporting markets. …
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How deep is your love? Innovation, Upgrading and the Depth of Internationalization
Meyer, Birgit - 2020
Global Value Chains (GVCs) provide an important opportunity to become member of the global economy. Gaining access to GVCs and the possibility of developing linkages with major suppliers and customers enables the prospect to upgrade products and production processes via knowledge and...
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How deep is your love? : innovation, upgrading and the depth of internationalization
Meyer, Birgit - 2020 - Preliminary Draft, October 2019
Global Value Chains (GVCs) provide an important opportunity to become member of the global economy. Gaining access to GVCs and the possibility of developing linkages with major suppliers and customers enables the prospect to upgrade products and production processes via knowledge and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431517
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Determinants of small and medium-sized enterprises performance : the evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen Kim Quoc Trung - In: Cogent business & management 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-26
This paper estimates the factors affecting Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange and the Chi Minh City Stock Exchange between 2009 and 2019. The author adopts a quantitative method (the "Generalized Method of Moments"-GMM) to investigate six...
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