The Garment Industry in Laos: Technological Capabilities, Global Production Chains and Competitiveness

Vanthana Nolintha and Idris Jajri
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Idris Jajri: Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya

No DP-2015-13, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: This article examines the relationship between institutional support and regional production linkages, and technological capabilities and firm performance in the garment industry in Laos. The evidence shows that garment firms in Laos have achieved considerable technological upgrading, and that firm performance and technological capabilities are determined by export-intensity. Firms’ technological capabilities are determined by the quality of host-site institutional support, while foreign firms have invested little to upgrade human capital in Laos. In addition, firms of all ownership structure have invested little in R&D in Laos.

Keywords: garment; global production chains; Laos; technological capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L22 L62 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages.
Date: 2015-02
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