From Public Loudspeakers to the Internet: The Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small Enterprise Clusters in Vietnam

Dimitrios Konstadakopulos
Additional contact information
Dimitrios Konstadakopulos: School of Languages Linguistics and Area Studies Faculty of Humanities Languages and Social Sciences University of the West of England (Bristol) Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY United Kingdom

Information Technologies and International Development, 2005, vol. 2, issue 4, 21-39

Abstract: This paper discusses the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the development of clusters of small export-orientated enterprises in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. Using the cluster concept, it argues that the many dormant small-scale industry clusters found in developing countries could be transformed into more vibrant entities through the adoption of ICTs. The penetration of these technologies in the export-oriented and private-enterprise sector in the Delta was found to be quite significant. The paper discusses the implications of the empirical findings and suggests a reconsideration of policy issues concerning the adoption of ICTs to foster Vietnam's economic development. Copyright (c) 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Date: 2005
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/154475205775249300 link to full text (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tpr:itintd:v:2:y:2005:i:4:p:21-39

Access Statistics for this article

Information Technologies and International Development is currently edited by Ernest J. Wilson III and Michael L. Best

More articles in Information Technologies and International Development from MIT Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by The MIT Press ().