Firm's absorptive capacity: the case of Vietnamese manufacturing firms

Vu, Hoang Duong

dc.title	Firm's absorptive capacity: the case of Vietnamese manufacturing firms	en
dc.contributor.author	Vu, Hoang Duong
dc.relation.ispartof	Review of Economic Perspectives
dc.identifier.issn	1213-2446 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2018
utb.relation.volume	18
utb.relation.issue	3
dc.citation.spage	301
dc.citation.epage	325
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	De Gruyter Poland Sp Zoo - Sciendo
dc.identifier.doi	10.2478/revecp-2018-0015
dc.relation.uri	https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/revecp/18/3/article-p301.xml
dc.subject	Absorptive capacity	en
dc.subject	Persistent efficiency	en
dc.subject	Vietnamese manufacturing firms	en
dc.description.abstract	Absorptive capacity is an essential factor for the development of any firm. Hence, numerous researchers use it when proposing different approaches and measurements. However, due to the ambiguity of definition of absorptive capacity, some studies focused on the within-firm aspects of absorptive capacity while some looked at the inter-firm aspects. Consequently, there are several proxies for absorptive capacity, which are unlikely to reach an agreement. Therefore, this study aims for the simplified measurement by defining the absorptive capacity of a firm as the gap in persistent efficiency between the firm and the best foreign firm in the same industry. The persistent efficiency of a firm is estimated by using single stage maximum likelihood method. This measurement is applied to the case of Vietnamese manufacturing firms from 2007 to 2015 to estimate the domestic absorptive capacity. The results show that domestic firms in the manufacture of tobacco products sub-sector have the best absorptive capacity and the manufacture of beverages sub-sector have the worst one. Finally, the validity of the proxy is confirmed when the study finds the positive correlation between absorptive capacity and a firm's age, size, technology level and skills of its workers.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1008213
utb.identifier.obdid	43878324
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85053682435
utb.identifier.wok	000444277300005
utb.source	j-wok
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-03T11:13:03Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-03T11:13:03Z
dc.description.sponsorship	[IGA/FaME/2018/019 FDI]
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights.access	openAccess
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Vu, Hoang Duong
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Hoang Duong VU1,2 1 PhD. candidate in Tomas Bata University in Zlin, nam. TGM 5555, 76001 Zlin, Czech Republic; email: [email protected]. 2 Researcher in Vietnam Institute of Economics, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, number 1 Lieu Giai st., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam; email: [email protected]
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	The author really appreciates the guidance and support from prof. Pavel Ondrcka. Additionally, the suggestions of the two anonymous referees are greatly valuable for my work. Additionally, it is thankful to the project: “Thực trạng, định hướng và giải pháp phát triển kết cấu hạ tầng bền vững vùng Tây Nam Bộ” [Current states, orientations and solutions for sustainable infrastructure development in the Southwest region] – KHCN-TNB/14-19/X13 which provided this paper with useful inputs. The author is fully responsible for the remaining errors of the paper. Funding: This work is supported by the project No. IGA/FaME/2018/019 FDI absorptive capacity and the factor determining FDI flows in developing countries of Asia and Africa.
utb.wos.affiliation	[Hoang Duong Vu] Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, Nam TGM 5555, Zlin 76001, Czech Republic; [Hoang Duong Vu] Vietnam Acad Social Sci, Vietnam Inst Econ, 1 Lieu Giai St, Hanoi, Vietnam
utb.scopus.affiliation	Tomas Bata University in Zlin, nam. TGM 5555, Zlin, 76001, Czech Republic; Researcher in Vietnam Institute of Economics, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, number 1 Lieu Giai st., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam
utb.fulltext.projects	IGA/FaME/2018/019