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Tran Ngoc Ca
Learning Technological Capability for Vietnam's Industrial Upgrading: Challenges of the Globalization.
Abstract: The paper discusses technological capabilities in
Vietnamese industry considering mainly the role of foreign companies. The
support of technological change is limited by specific disadvantages of
Vietnamese environment, mainly insufficient organizational and legal
shortcomings. Thus the connections between foreign and local companies did
not produce expected results. The diffusion of technological skills takes
place via training process, transfer of tacit and codified knowledge,
spillover to local partners and influence absorption capacity of the local
market. The cases of ten foreign companies from five different countries
are presented. Major conclusions underline the threats of global operations
of international companies when they are not supported by enlightened
policies of companies and governments in host countries on one side and
present the opportunities for these countries economy on the other.
Keywords: FDI; Joint-ventures; technology spillover; technological capabilities; tacit knowledge; low-cost-labor-trap; value chain; technical change; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F21; F23; O53; (follow links to similar papers)
28 pages, December 1, 2002
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