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Economic Growth in Vietnam through Business Related Development Aid

Hjortso, Marie Emilie LU (2010) EKHR21 20101
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Vietnam has experienced massive poverty reduction and rapid economic growth, following the effects of “the Doi Moi”, initiated in the late 1980’s. One of the growth sectors in this dramatic development is the ICT industry, which Danida has supported in various manners, amongst others through the Business-to-business (B2B) programme. The way inwhich it contributes to the ICT industry’s development is through emphasizing joint-ventures in between Danish and Vietnamese ICT companies. The Danida B2B programme definitely contributes to the longterm growth of the ICT industry in Vietnam, since it ensures knowledge transfer from successful Danish ICT companies in Denmark. However, thetransfer from Vietnamese ICT companies to Danish companies is... (More)
Vietnam has experienced massive poverty reduction and rapid economic growth, following the effects of “the Doi Moi”, initiated in the late 1980’s. One of the growth sectors in this dramatic development is the ICT industry, which Danida has supported in various manners, amongst others through the Business-to-business (B2B) programme. The way inwhich it contributes to the ICT industry’s development is through emphasizing joint-ventures in between Danish and Vietnamese ICT companies. The Danida B2B programme definitely contributes to the longterm growth of the ICT industry in Vietnam, since it ensures knowledge transfer from successful Danish ICT companies in Denmark. However, thetransfer from Vietnamese ICT companies to Danish companies is not yet ensured since the focus of the B2B programme is, yet, to a certain extend focussed on the knowledge transfer from donor country to receiving country. (Less)
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author
Hjortso, Marie Emilie LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHR21 20101
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Information Communications Technology (ICT), innovation, economic Growth, Vietnam, Development Aid, Silicon Valley, Anna-Lee Saxenian, Danida
language
English
id
1737289
date added to LUP
2012-04-27 12:54:24
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2012-04-27 12:54:24
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  abstract     = {{Vietnam has experienced massive poverty reduction and rapid economic growth, following the effects of “the Doi Moi”, initiated in the late 1980’s. One of the growth sectors in this dramatic development is the ICT industry, which Danida has supported in various manners, amongst others through the Business-to-business (B2B) programme. The way inwhich it contributes to the ICT industry’s development is through emphasizing joint-ventures in between Danish and Vietnamese ICT companies. The Danida B2B programme definitely contributes to the longterm growth of the ICT industry in Vietnam, since it ensures knowledge transfer from successful Danish ICT companies in Denmark. However, thetransfer from Vietnamese ICT companies to Danish companies is not yet ensured since the focus of the B2B programme is, yet, to a certain extend focussed on the knowledge transfer from donor country to receiving country.}},
  author       = {{Hjortso, Marie Emilie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Economic Growth in Vietnam through Business Related Development Aid}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}