[STBI-170427] Why Vietnam insists not growing up like its neighbors?

Dear professors, lecturers, researchers, colleagues, and students,

You are cordially invited to the next UEH School of Economics STBI (Small Talks Big Ideas) seminar.

Topic: “Why Vietnam insists not growing up like its neighbors?”

Presenter: Ph.D Bach D. Nguyen (Aston University, UK)

Time: 11:00 – Thursday, 27th April 2017

Venue: 1A Hoang Dieu Streeet, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract:

You are pretty much likely heard that Vietnam is a stubbornly weird economy all over the world: “a country does not want to grow”. But do you know why? Obviously, the first reason popped up out of your mind is that (bureaucratic) government should be responsible for this stagnant development. Is it really the whole story? In this study, I will show another possibility, which is free from the influence of governance quality. The answer may be that Vietnamese SMEs intentionally remain their S and M sizes, and refuse to upgrade to L size. Using a set of representative data, this (working) study will shows facts about the performance of SMEs in Vietnam from several perspectives, and will probably set some new insights to the question: “why Vietnamese SMEs do not want to grow”.

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