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An empirical analysis of supplier learning trajectories reveals that supplier learning in the Vietnamese motorcycle industry was an extended process consisting of major leaps, slow progress and/or halted learning. After a period of slower learning up to the early 2000s, suppliers in both Japanese and Vietnamese-Chinese value chains exhibited a divergence in learning performance after 2005, whereby some suppliers experienced major leaps towards acquisition of basic innovative capabilities while others saw their learning stall.
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Originally in Japanese, translated by the author.
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The only exception was supplier A5, which had exported wire harnesses for cars to Japan since the company’s establishment in 1994. The export business was facilitated by the elder brother of the company’s general director, who had studied and worked in Japan for 40 years since the late 1960 s (interview with A5 #1).
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A8’s third learning event, analysed in depth in Sect. 8.1.3, is a typical example.
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Interview with B4 #1. The Vietnamese government implemented Euro 2 emission standards for motorcycles from July 2007 (Prime Minister’s Decision 249/2005/QD-TTg dated 10 October 2005).
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Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) (1996) Heisei 8 nendo chusho kigyo tekisei gijutsu fukyu shido jigyo jizen chosa hokokusho: Betonamu ni okeru jidosha, denki denshi sangyo to sono susono sangyo ni kansuru chosa. (Report on preliminary research for project for instructing diffusion of appropriate technology for small and medium enterprises, fiscal year 1996: research on the automobile, electric and electronic industries and their supporting industries in Vietnam). Japan External Trade Organization, Tokyo (in Japanese)
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Fujita, M. (2013). Local Suppliers’ Capability Building: Attainment and Trajectory. In: Exploiting Linkages for Building Technological Capabilities. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54770-9_6
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