Boosting Productivity in Southeast Asia: Insights from MSMEs in Vietnam and Neighboring Nations

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Jacob Michael

Boosting Productivity in Southeast Asia

Insights from MSMEs in Vietnam and Neighboring Nations

Jacob Michael

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07 November 2023

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"This Book aims to measure firm-level labour productivity and technical efficiency using different

techniques such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). It

then analyses the factors that drive firm technical efficiency or productivity, especially the interrelationship

between firm efficiency/productivity, corruption, government assistance, innovation,

and gender. The study focuses on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

(MSMEs), which are considered a lifeblood of economies. This thesis consists of three studies

that make use of two different datasets of MSMEs. The first two studies use biennial survey data

of manufacturing MSMEs in Vietnam covering four waves between 2009 and 2015. This data

resulted from collaboration between Danish and Vietnamese agencies. The third study utilises

World Bank cross-country data for manufacturing MSMEs in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the

Philippines in 2009 and 2015.

The first study investigates the inter-relationship between corruption, government assistance and

firm efficiency for MSMEs in Vietnam. The study treats corruption, government assistance, and

firm efficiency as endogenous variables in order to control for feedback effects between them.

There exist only a small number of firm-level studies on corruption and firm efficiency. In

addition, this study investigates the role played by government assistance in this relationship.

Two contending hypotheses are tested in the analysis. The first suggests that corruption enhances

firm efficiency by helping to ""grease-the-wheels"". Under this hypothesis corruption aids

efficiency by overcoming bureaucratic obstacles. The second hypothesis, referred to as ""sandthe-

wheels"", suggests that corruption reduces efficiency. The study finds a strong nexus between

firm efficiency, bribery, and government assistance. The effect of bribing on firm efficiency is

significantly positive, supporting the ""grease-the-wheels"" hypothesis. The study also finds that

government assistance is effective in improving firm efficiency"

Contributions by: Jacob Michael
Imprint: Indie Publisher
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9798868981074
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 07 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Insights from MSMEs in Vietnam and Neighboring Nations

Jacob Michael

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