{"product_id":"boosting-productivity-in-southeast-asia-insights-from-msmes-in-vietnam-and-neighboring-nations-9798868981074","title":"Boosting Productivity in Southeast Asia: Insights from MSMEs in Vietnam and Neighboring Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jacob Michael\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Indie Publisher\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Indie Publisher\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Business \u0026amp; Productivity Software - Office Suites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Book aims to measure firm-level labour productivity and technical efficiency using different\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etechniques such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen analyses the factors that drive firm technical efficiency or productivity, especially the interrelationship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween firm efficiency\/productivity, corruption, government assistance, innovation, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand gender. The study focuses on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(MSMEs), which are considered a lifeblood of economies. This thesis consists of three studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat make use of two different datasets of MSMEs. The first two studies use biennial survey data\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof manufacturing MSMEs in Vietnam covering four waves between 2009 and 2015. This data\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresulted from collaboration between Danish and Vietnamese agencies. The third study utilises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld Bank cross-country data for manufacturing MSMEs in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilippines in 2009 and 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first study investigates the inter-relationship between corruption, government assistance and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirm efficiency for MSMEs in Vietnam. The study treats corruption, government assistance, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirm efficiency as endogenous variables in order to control for feedback effects between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere exist only a small number of firm-level studies on corruption and firm efficiency. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaddition, this study investigates the role played by government assistance in this relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo contending hypotheses are tested in the analysis. The first suggests that corruption enhances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirm efficiency by helping to \"grease-the-wheels\". Under this hypothesis corruption aids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eefficiency by overcoming bureaucratic obstacles. The second hypothesis, referred to as \"sandthe-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewheels\", suggests that corruption reduces efficiency. The study finds a strong nexus between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirm efficiency, bribery, and government assistance. The effect of bribing on firm efficiency is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esignificantly positive, supporting the \"grease-the-wheels\" hypothesis. The study also finds that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egovernment assistance is effective in improving firm efficiency\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indie Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45139109838999,"sku":"9798868981074","price":2131.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798868981074.webp?v=1768543706","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/boosting-productivity-in-southeast-asia-insights-from-msmes-in-vietnam-and-neighboring-nations-9798868981074","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}