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The Garment Industry in Laos: Technological Capabilities, Global Production Chains and Competitiveness

The Garment Industry in Laos: Technological Capabilities, Global Production Chains and Competitiveness
Date:
24 February 2015
Authors:
Vanthana Nolintha, Idris Jajri
Tags:
Competitiveness, Industry and Manufacturing, Innovation and Technology

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This article examines the relationship between institutional support and regional production linkages, and technological capabilities and firm performance in the garment industry in Laos. The evidence shows that garment firms in Laos have achieved considerable technological upgrading, and that firm performance and technological capabilities are determined by export-intensity. Firms' technological capabilities are determined by the quality of host-site institutional support, while foreign firms have invested little to upgrade human capital in Laos. In addition, firms of all ownership structure have invested little in R&D in Laos.

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