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Adoption Of Technological Innovation In A Developing Country: An Empirical Analysis Of Enterprises In Lao People'S Democratic Republic

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  • MICHAEL LOUIS TROILO

    (Collins College of Business, The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA)

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This study investigates the adoption of technological innovation in a least-developed economy: Lao People's Democratic Republic. World Bank Survey data encompassing nearly 380 enterprises from 2009 and 2012 were used to analyze the effects of collaboration between smaller domestic firms and larger firms, both foreign and domestic. Collaboration with larger firms is statistically significant for adopting new technologies and for adopting new processes, with the former significant for sales. In addition, foreign ownership is statistically significant for sales in one of the OLS estimates. This suggests small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly the latter at this point in Lao PDR, would benefit from membership in global value/supply chains.

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  • Michael Louis Troilo, 2014. "Adoption Of Technological Innovation In A Developing Country: An Empirical Analysis Of Enterprises In Lao People'S Democratic Republic," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(03), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:19:y:2014:i:03:n:s1084946714500198
    DOI: 10.1142/S1084946714500198
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    1. Andriesse, E., 2011. "Laos: a state coordinated frontier economy," ISS Working Papers - General Series 522, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
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