Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam

This paper aims to intensively explore the factors that affect competitiveness for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and how SMEs can improve their competitiveness in the context of an emerging economy like Vietnam. This study combined qualitative and quantitative methods and employed covariance b...

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Autores principales:	Tiep Le Thanh, Ngo Quang Huan, Tran Thi Thuy Hong
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	competitiveness competition smes emerging economy Business HF5001-6182 Management. Industrial management HD28-70
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e0478f0dc8e640b186ab6cf7a5f568a52021-12-02T18:21:19ZDeterminants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam2331-197510.1080/23311975.2021.1893246https://doaj.org/article/e0478f0dc8e640b186ab6cf7a5f568a52021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1893246https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975This paper aims to intensively explore the factors that affect competitiveness for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and how SMEs can improve their competitiveness in the context of an emerging economy like Vietnam. This study combined qualitative and quantitative methods and employed covariance base structural equation model (CB-SEM). The originality of this study is of great contributions including (1) Proposing the latest model for SMEs for improving their competitiveness, taking internal and external factors aggregation into consideration; (2) Research context particularly on emerging economy like Vietnam, an emerging economy with great economic and medical achievements that has received special attention from the world after a long period of fighting against the global Covid19 pandemic. More importantly, in the context of increasing competitive pressure due to global integration; (3) Deliverable of this study disclosed the overall decisive factors for firm’s competitiveness, both internal and external. More importantly, it revealed the impact mechanism of each factor to contribute to increasing firm’s competitiveness in some ways. This study provides the implications of this study are expected to make breakthrough contributions for SMEs in Vietnam to gain higher achievement, towards sustainability. Furthermore, the contributions of this study are also expected to be a valuable source of reference for SMEs in other emerging countries, as long as in similar economic settings. The findings are interested to business practitioners, economics and policy maker as an attempt to boost SMEs’ competitiveness in a systematic and sustainable manner by integrating multilevel powers of firm, industry and nation.Tiep Le ThanhNgo Quang HuanTran Thi Thuy HongTaylor & Francis Grouparticlecompetitivenesscompetitionsmesemerging economyBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	competitiveness competition smes emerging economy Business HF5001-6182 Management. Industrial management HD28-70 Tiep Le Thanh Ngo Quang Huan Tran Thi Thuy Hong Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam
description	This paper aims to intensively explore the factors that affect competitiveness for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and how SMEs can improve their competitiveness in the context of an emerging economy like Vietnam. This study combined qualitative and quantitative methods and employed covariance base structural equation model (CB-SEM). The originality of this study is of great contributions including (1) Proposing the latest model for SMEs for improving their competitiveness, taking internal and external factors aggregation into consideration; (2) Research context particularly on emerging economy like Vietnam, an emerging economy with great economic and medical achievements that has received special attention from the world after a long period of fighting against the global Covid19 pandemic. More importantly, in the context of increasing competitive pressure due to global integration; (3) Deliverable of this study disclosed the overall decisive factors for firm’s competitiveness, both internal and external. More importantly, it revealed the impact mechanism of each factor to contribute to increasing firm’s competitiveness in some ways. This study provides the implications of this study are expected to make breakthrough contributions for SMEs in Vietnam to gain higher achievement, towards sustainability. Furthermore, the contributions of this study are also expected to be a valuable source of reference for SMEs in other emerging countries, as long as in similar economic settings. The findings are interested to business practitioners, economics and policy maker as an attempt to boost SMEs’ competitiveness in a systematic and sustainable manner by integrating multilevel powers of firm, industry and nation.
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author	Tiep Le Thanh Ngo Quang Huan Tran Thi Thuy Hong
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title	Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam
title_short	Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam
title_full	Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam
title_fullStr	Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam
title_sort	determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–vietnam
publisher	Taylor & Francis Group
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Determinants for competitiveness in the context of international integration pressure: Case of small and medium enterprises in emerging economy–Vietnam

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