The new Asian dragon : internationalization of firms in Vietnam / edited by Henrik Schamumberg-Muller and Pham Hong Chuong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chuong, Pham Hong.

Schaumburg-Müller, Henrik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Vietnam.

International business enterprises.

Vietnam--Economic conditions.

Vietnam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Copenhagen] : Copenhagen Business School Press ; Portland, OR : Distribution, International Specialized Book Services, 2010, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an exciting exploration of how firms in Vietnam have grown and developed their export strategies, contributing significantly to the country's amazing economic growth and poverty reduction. It is also a study of foreign firms' contributions, inter-cultural management, and strategies of linkages between local and transnational companies. The book provides new knowledge within international business and private sector development studies. It shows how cross-border economic organizing can take place, for example, with global value chains in a country new to economic globalization. The book is the outcome of research cooperation between two universities in Vietnam (National Economics University and Foreign Trade University) and two in Denmark (Copenhagen Business School and Aalborg University).

Contents:

""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""References""; ""The Dynamics of Firm Internationalization in Vietnam""; ""Introduction""; ""Opening the economy""; ""Vietnam�s foreign trade performance""; ""The inward foreign direct investment""; ""Internationalization strategies of firms in Vietnam""; ""State-owned enterprises""; ""The private domestic enterprise sector""; ""Foreign-owned enterprises""; ""Firm internationalization strategies""; ""Export internationalization of light manufacturing domestic firms""; ""Investment strategies of foreign companies""

""The sustainability of Vietnam�s latecomer internationalization strategy""""Strategic shortcomings""; ""Latecomer catch-up strategies""; ""Positioning Vietnam�s firms as latecomers""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Trade Internationalization Paths of Emerging Market Firms: Evidence from Vietnam""; ""Introduction""; ""Research methodology""; ""Case methodology""; ""Selection of case companies""; ""Literature review and conceptual framework""; ""Internationalization theories focusing on downstream activities""; ""The conceptual model of the study""

""First internationalization path: Independent experiential learning""""Second internationalization path: GVC incorporation""; ""Third internationalization path: Multi-chain strategy""; ""Conclusions and managerial implications""; ""References""; ""An Explorative Study on Functional Upgrading and Export""; ""Introduction""; ""Theoretical background""; ""The furniture industry value chain""; ""Typologies of industrial upgrading""; ""Research methodology""; ""Context of the Vietnamese wood furniture industry""; ""Global context""; ""National context and regulatory framework""

""Effects of context on the Vietnamese wood furniture industry""""The industry�s development""; ""Vietnamese wood furniture producers move towards functional upgrading""; ""Upstream activities""; ""Downstream activities and the move toward functional upgrading""; ""Position of Vietnamese wood furniture producers in the GVC""; ""Cases of successful export development""; ""Development profile of case firms""; ""Functional upgrading and export development""; ""Combination of relationship marketing and transactional marketing""; ""Summary of case findings""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""

""Conversion of Foreign Direct Investment Projects in Vietnam""""Introduction""; ""Scope of the research and research questions""; ""Entry mode and conversion""; ""The entry modes""; ""Wholly-owned enterprises""; ""Joint ventures""; ""Conversion of foreign investments""; ""Types of conversion""; ""Reasons for the conversion of the form of foreign investment""; ""Host country factors""; ""Changes in government policy""; ""Local industry/market""; ""Privatization policy""; ""Factors related to firms""; ""Changes in strategic objectives""; ""The development of internal capabilities""

""Joint venture decay/failure""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

87-630-9996-9

9788763009996

OCLC:

897734951