Foreign multinationals and local firms in Vietnam's economic transition

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-404

  Ngoc, Phan Minh ^a   Ramstetter, Eric D ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Intl Ctr Stud of E Asian Devmt   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Foreign multinational corporations; Local firms; Ownership; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OWNERSHIP; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 12144272014     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2004.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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