Policy uncertainty has been documented to have a significant impact on corporate investment decisions. This paper investigates the effect of policy uncertainty on cross-border acquisitions. We find a significant monotonic relationship between the size of the acquired equity stake in a target...

This paper examines two alternative views-universal and contingency- of the knowledge acquisition and innovation relationship in Vietnamese firms. Results from a survey of 130 companies show that knowledge acquisition has a positive effect on innovation. In addition, this study showed that in...

Vietnam provides a typical case of an emerging economy, which has attempted to develop the country and join the world economic mainstream with a highly agricultural base, large and young labor force, and a dynamically growing private sector. After a long period of quantitative growth, it is now...

This paper provides an overview of the institutional structure of the business system of Vietnam. It explores the role of the state, the financial system, ownership and corporate governance, the internal structure of the firm (management), employment relations, education and skills formation,...