Innovation and Export of Vietnam’s SME Sector

Anh Nguyen (), Pham Ngoc, Chuc Nguyen and Nhat Nguyen

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Abstract: Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and firms. The relationship between innovation and exporting has been investigated for many countries. However, there is a paucity of research in Vietnam with respect to this issue. In this paper we examine whether innovation performed by Vietnam’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) enhances their exporting likelihood. Using the recently released Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprise Survey 2005, we find that innovation as measured directly by ‘new products’, ‘new production process’ and ‘improvement of existing products’ are important determinants of exports by Vietnamese SMEs.

Keywords: Vietnam; Export; Innovation; Small and Medium Enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-05
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