Manufacturing firm survival and growth in Vietnam : explaining Vietnam's “missing” SMEs (part of annex 18 of final technical report)
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2013-11
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Asian Institute of Management
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Why do firms go out of business or survive? How do small and medium enterprises grow? This analysis seeks to determine if the same variables that account for the preponderance of very large firms, can also be associated with lower survival probabilities or lower growth rates of SMEs. Overall, findings on leverage, credit, and or trade do not support the view that these variables constitute binding constraints on SME growth or survival. As well, findings on variables of economies of scale and firm ownership also do not account for Vietnam’s “missing SMEs.”
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VIET NAM, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, MANUFACTURING, SMALL ENTERPRISES, BUSINESS CREATION, INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, ACCESS TO ICT, BUSINESS FINANCING, CREDIT POLICY