dc.contributor.author | Le, Viet | |
dc.contributor.author | Vu, Xuan-Binh Benjamin | |
dc.contributor.author | Nghiem, Son | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-05T12:31:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-05T12:31:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0313-5926 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.eap.2018.03.001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/372935 | |
dc.description.abstract | Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the Vietnamese economy; hence more understanding of their efficiency is of interest for a variety of various stakeholders in Vietnam. This paper estimates technological gaps and identifies factors affecting variations in the technical efficiency of SMEs in Vietnam using firm-level survey data in 2008 in a stochastic meta-frontier framework. We found that, on average, SMEs can increase their current outputs by eight percent using the same quantity of inputs. Firms operating in major cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are found to be more efficient and possess better technology. Our evidence indicates that most SMEs in Vietnam use relatively low-level technologies, evidenced by the higher return from labour and raw materials than that from capital. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Townsville Hospital and Health Service | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Griffith University | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 84 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 91 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Economic Analysis and Policy | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 59 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Economics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Applied economics not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Applied economics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Econometrics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Economic theory | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 38 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 380199 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3801 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3802 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3803 | |
dc.title | Technical Efficiency of Small and Medium Manufacturing Firms in Vietnam: A Stochastic Meta-Frontier Analysis | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2018 Economic Society of Australia, Queensland. Published by Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Vu, Benjamin | |