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This edited book provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to the study of micro, small, and medium enterprise (SMEs). It brings together nine up-to-date studies on SME development in Vietnam, combining a unique primary source of panel data with the best analytical tools available.
Sommario
- 1: John Rand and Finn Tarp: Introduction
- 2: Hanna Berkel, John Rand, Finn Tarp, and Neda Trifkovic: The Viet Nam SME data 2005-15
- PART I: CREDIT ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
- 3: Christina Kinghan, Carol Newman, and Conor O'Toole: Capital allocation, credit access, and firm growth
- 4: Enrico Santarelli and Hien Thu Tran: The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structure
- 5: Axel Demenet and Quynh Hoang: How important are management practices for the productivity of small and medium enterprises?
- PART II: POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, INSTITUIONAL QUALITY AND INNOVATION
- 6: John Rand: Are politically connected firms less constrained in credit markets?
- 7: Thi Bich Tran and Hai Anh La: Why do household businesses stay informal?
- 8: Tam Thanh Nguyen and Chieu Duc Trinh: Slack resources and innovation in Vietnamese SMEs: a behavioural, stewardship, and institutional perspective
- PART III: CERTIFICATION, WORKING CONDITIONS AND UNION MEMBERSHIP
- 9: Neda Trifkovic: Certification and business risk
- 10: Christophe J. Nordman and Smriti Sharma: Pecuniary returns to working conditions
- 11: Nina Torm: Does union membership pay off? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs
- 12: John Rand and Finn Tarp: Conclusion
Info autore
John Rand is a professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. He is also Non-Resident Research Fellow with UNU-WIDER. His research centres around the microeconomics of development with a focus on enterprise behaviour and dynamics. He has published widely in the fields of development economics and industrial policy in developing countries.
Finn Tarp is Professor at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Coordinator of the UCPH Development Economics Research Group (DERG). Director of UNU-WIDER from 2009-18, and now a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of UNU-WIDER. Professor Tarp is a leading international expert on development strategy and foreign aid, with an interest in poverty, income distribution and growth, micro- and macroeconomic policy and modelling, agricultural sector policy and planning, household/enterprise development, and economic adjustment and reform as well as climate change, sustainability, and natural resources. He has published widely in leading economics and development journals and books by international academic publishers.
Riassunto
This edited book provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to the study of micro, small, and medium enterprise (SMEs). It brings together nine up-to-date studies on SME development in Vietnam, combining a unique primary source of panel data with the best analytical tools available.
Prefazione
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