04857nam 2200613Ia 450 991045715600332120200520144314.087-630-9996-99788763009996(CKB)2550000000035036(EBL)3400743(SSID)ssj0000646925(PQKBManifestationID)11403307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646925(PQKBWorkID)10589448(PQKB)11234622(MiAaPQ)EBC3400743(Au-PeEL)EBL3400743(CaPaEBR)ebr10370317(OCoLC)897734951(EXLCZ)99255000000003503620090910h20102009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe new Asian dragon[electronic resource] internationalization of firms in Vietnam /edited by Henrik Schamumberg-Müller and Pham Hong Chuong1st ed.[Copenhagen] Copenhagen Business School Press ;Portland, OR Distribution, International Specialized Book Services2010, c20091 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.87-630-0228-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""References""; ""The Dynamics of Firm Internationalization in Vietnam""; ""Introduction""; ""Opening the economy""; ""Vietnamâ€?s foreign trade performance""; ""The inward foreign direct investment""; ""Internationalization strategies of firms in Vietnam""; ""State-owned enterprises""; ""The private domestic enterprise sector""; ""Foreign-owned enterprises""; ""Firm internationalization strategies""; ""Export internationalization of light manufacturing domestic firms""; ""Investment strategies of foreign companies""""The sustainability of Vietnamâ€?s latecomer internationalization strategy""""Strategic shortcomings""; ""Latecomer catch-up strategies""; ""Positioning Vietnamâ€?s firms as latecomers""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Trade Internationalization Paths of Emerging Market Firms: Evidence from Vietnam""; ""Introduction""; ""Research methodology""; ""Case methodology""; ""Selection of case companies""; ""Literature review and conceptual framework""; ""Internationalization theories focusing on downstream activities""; ""The conceptual model of the study""""First internationalization path: Independent experiential learning""""Second internationalization path: GVC incorporation""; ""Third internationalization path: Multi-chain strategy""; ""Conclusions and managerial implications""; ""References""; ""An Explorative Study on Functional Upgrading and Export""; ""Introduction""; ""Theoretical background""; ""The furniture industry value chain""; ""Typologies of industrial upgrading""; ""Research methodology""; ""Context of the Vietnamese wood furniture industry""; ""Global context""; ""National context and regulatory framework""""Effects of context on the Vietnamese wood furniture industry""""The industryâ€?s development""; ""Vietnamese wood furniture producers move towards functional upgrading""; ""Upstream activities""; ""Downstream activities and the move toward functional upgrading""; ""Position of Vietnamese wood furniture producers in the GVC""; ""Cases of successful export development""; ""Development profile of case firms""; ""Functional upgrading and export development""; ""Combination of relationship marketing and transactional marketing""; ""Summary of case findings""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""""Conversion of Foreign Direct Investment Projects in Vietnam""""Introduction""; ""Scope of the research and research questions""; ""Entry mode and conversion""; ""The entry modes""; ""Wholly-owned enterprises""; ""Joint ventures""; ""Conversion of foreign investments""; ""Types of conversion""; ""Reasons for the conversion of the form of foreign investment""; ""Host country factors""; ""Changes in government policy""; ""Local industry/market""; ""Privatization policy""; ""Factors related to firms""; ""Changes in strategic objectives""; ""The development of internal capabilities""""Joint venture decay/failure""International business enterprisesVietnamVietnamEconomic conditionsElectronic books.International business enterprises650.09597Chuong Pham Hong1000720Schaumburg-Müller Henrik903517MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457156003321The new Asian dragon2297099UNINA