Technological Capability and Learning in Firms: Vietnamese Industries in Transition [Hardcover]

Ngoc Ca Tran (Author), Tran Ngoc Ca (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1840149175 | ISBN-13: 978-1840149173 | Publication Date: November 1999

This text examines the process of learning and accumulation of technology capabilities by firms in two Vietnamese industries: textile/garment and electronics. Interviews and in-depth studies were conducted in 24 firms over a period of five years. It provides findings and insights to complement the many theoretical aspects of technological capability (sequencing, rate) and learning (mechanisms). This work also examines the relationship between the use of learning mechanisms and accumulation of technological capabilities, the impact of macro environment factors on learning, interaction with firms' business strategies. In particular the book provides empirical research from Vietnam, a specific context which combines features of both developing countries and economics in transition, which have created many difficulties in learning for firms. It concludes that there is no universal relationship between specific learning mechanisms and the accumulation of certain technological capabilities; that learning and the accumulation of technological capability is a firm-specific, incremental and long term process; and that influences of macro environment factors on firms' activities and business responses to these influences together have an important impact on learning and technological capability.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 372 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840149175
• ISBN-13: 978-1840149173
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,774,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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