Innovation and exports in Vietnam's SME sector

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-280

  Nguyen, Anh Ngoc ^a,d   Pham, Ngoc Quang ^b,d   Nguyen, Chuc Dinh ^c   Nguyen, Nhat Duc ^d  

^a National Council for Science and Technology Policy (NCSTP)   (Viet Nam)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Development and Policies Research Center   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Bivariate probit; Exports; Innovation; Instrumental variable; SME; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPORT; INNOVATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 46949085278     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810802060801     Document Type: Article

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