Small business training to improve management practices in developing countries: re-assessing the evidence for 'training doesn't work'

D McKenzie - Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Despite the popularity of business training among policy-makers, its use has faced
increasing scepticism. Most of the first randomized experiments could not detect statistically …

What have Vietnamese scholars learned from researching entrepreneurship? A Systematic review

QH Vuong, VP La, TT Vuong, MT Ho, MT Ho - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
This study reviews the research landscape of entrepreneurship studies done by Vietnamese
researchers from 2008 to 2018. A sample size of 111 articles from 108 academic outlets …

Sustained impacts of Kaizen training

Y Higuchi, VH Nam, T Sonobe - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2015 - Elsevier
We conducted a randomized controlled trial of short-term management training for small
manufacturers in two study sites in Vietnam and collected follow-up data repeatedly for two …

Multi-faceted insights of entrepreneurship facing a fast-growing economy: A literature review

QH Vuong, VP La, TT Vuong, PH Hoang, MT Ho… - Open …, 2020 - degruyter.com
This study explores entrepreneurship research in Vietnam, a lower-middle-income country
in Southeast Asia that has witnessed rapid economic growth since the 1990s but has …

Stakeholders' assessment of feed produced from nutrients recovered from aquaculture waste in an emerging economy

NH Vu, NTK Chi - Aquaculture, 2024 - Elsevier
The intensified aquaculture production and heavy feed use have placed high pressure on
the environment due to increasing waste. This study aims to understand how stakeholders …

[图书][B] Cluster-Based Industrial Development:: KAIZEN Management for MSE Growth in Developing Countries

T Sonobe, K Otsuka - 2014 - books.google.com
This book attempts to provide an effective strategy for industrial development based on the
KAIZEN management training experiments conducted in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Vietnam …

Entrepreneurship Trainings and Human Capital Endowment: When Learning from External Sources Does (Not) Increase Performance

C Storz, E Amoncio, R Ramachandran - Entrepreneurship Research …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Abstract Bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) entrepreneurs have few resources to draw on besides
their human capital. We analyze the effects of a training program teaching lean management …

Firms' Preferences for Environmental, Social, and Governance Policies: Evidence From Small and Medium Enterprises in Hong Kong

WF Lam, L Nie, EKF Chan - Business Strategy and the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Though large corporations have made significant strides in environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) integration, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face challenges due …

Do intangible assets help SMEs in underdeveloped markets gain access to external finance?—the case of Vietnam

C Le, B Nguyen, V Vo - Small Business Economics, 2024 - Springer
The credit frictions encountered by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been
widely examined in the entrepreneurship literature. Although theory suggests that asset …

Impacts of management training on workers: Evidence from Central America and the Caribbean region

G Shimada, T Sonobe - Review of Development Economics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing interest in the impact assessment of management training programs.
Among various types of training, this study focuses on those featuring Kaizen, a standard …