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  FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW

  MAITF VIETNAM ASSIGNMENT HAND-IN FORM

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  Student ID: C77102359

  Level of Study: Post Graduate (Master)

  Module Title: PG RESEARCH METHOD

  Course Title: MAITF02 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  Module Tutor: JOHN EMBERY

  Full text word count:         2,956 words (not including cover page and references)

  Student Name: NGO THANH NHA

  Student Signature: NHA

  Date of Submission: Mar 31st , 2011

  Name of first marker: Mark:

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Name of the Article: MNEs vertical linkages: The experience of Vietnam after Malaysia

Author: Axèle Giroud

      Recognizing that the impact of knowledge and technology transfer from multinational enterprises (MNES) to local firms plays an important role in the process of upgrading the development of local suppliers as well as the economy in the host countries, many researchers have studied carefully these issues so far.

      There have been many researches on the impact of MNEs in the host countries since the 1960s. However, to date, there has been no investigation of the potentially beneficial impact of MNEs on local suppliers through transfer of knowledge and technology in the specific case of Vietnam (page 160). This research article focuses on the issue of MNEs vertical linkages in Malaysia and Vietnam. The researcher formulated an underlying assumption behind knowledge and technology transfer between foreign firms and local suppliers which is that the suppliers’ capabilities improve as a result of the interaction with foreign customers (page 166).... [continues]

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