The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains
The information and communications technology sector has undergone a dynamic process of globalization and fragmentation in the past few decades, leading to the creation of global value chains. Global value chains are populated by a constellation of...
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okr-10986-258152021-06-08T14:42:46Z The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains Sturgeon, Timothy Zylberberg, Ezequiel global value chains information and communication technologies ICT industrial policy competitiveness The information and communications technology sector has undergone a dynamic process of globalization and fragmentation in the past few decades, leading to the creation of global value chains. Global value chains are populated by a constellation of specialized actors collectively responsible for bringing goods and services to market. Most prominently, these key actors include lead firms (brands), contract manufacturers, platform leaders, and increasingly, information and communications technology services and information and communications technology-enabled services providers. Like other emerging markets, Vietnam is coming to play an important role in this global industry. The recent influx of foreign investors, driven by the country's low wages and easy access to regional supply chains, as well as the emergence of various local information and communications technology services and information and communications technology–enabled services firms opens opportunities, yet raises important questions for policy makers about how best to leverage global engagement for local capacity building. This paper situates Vietnam in the global information and communications technology industry, and identifies several constraints to future growth, including the limited availability and quality of trained information and communications technology professionals, ineffective supplier development initiatives, and weak entrepreneurial ecosystem, especially in management skills. The paper concludes with a set of policy recommendations and forward-looking statements aimed at helping Vietnam move into higher-value activities in the coming years. The analysis is based on relevant statistics published by the United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Trade Organization, Government of Vietnam, and Vietnamese industry associations, as well as interviews and site visits conducted by the authors during January 19-30, 2015. 2017-01-05T22:05:09Z 2017-01-05T22:05:09Z 2016-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/619331481728681176/The-global-information-and-communications-technology-industry-where-Vietnam-fits-in-global-value-chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25815 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7916 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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The information and communications
technology sector has undergone a dynamic process of
globalization and fragmentation in the past few decades,
leading to the creation of global value chains. Global value
chains are populated by a constellation of specialized
actors collectively responsible for bringing goods and
services to market. Most prominently, these key actors
include lead firms (brands), contract manufacturers,
platform leaders, and increasingly, information and
communications technology services and information and
communications technology-enabled services providers. Like
other emerging markets, Vietnam is coming to play an
important role in this global industry. The recent influx of
foreign investors, driven by the country's low wages
and easy access to regional supply chains, as well as the
emergence of various local information and communications
technology services and information and communications
technology–enabled services firms opens opportunities, yet
raises important questions for policy makers about how best
to leverage global engagement for local capacity building.
This paper situates Vietnam in the global information and
communications technology industry, and identifies several
constraints to future growth, including the limited
availability and quality of trained information and
communications technology professionals, ineffective
supplier development initiatives, and weak entrepreneurial
ecosystem, especially in management skills. The paper
concludes with a set of policy recommendations and
forward-looking statements aimed at helping Vietnam move
into higher-value activities in the coming years. The
analysis is based on relevant statistics published by the
United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, World Trade Organization, Government of
Vietnam, and Vietnamese industry associations, as well as
interviews and site visits conducted by the authors during
January 19-30, 2015. |
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Working Paper |
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Sturgeon, Timothy Zylberberg, Ezequiel |
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Sturgeon, Timothy Zylberberg, Ezequiel |
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Sturgeon, Timothy |
| title |
The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains |
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The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains |
| title_full |
The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains |
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The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains |
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The Global Information and Communications Technology Industry : Where Vietnam Fits in Global Value Chains |
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global information and communications technology industry : where vietnam fits in global value chains |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/619331481728681176/The-global-information-and-communications-technology-industry-where-Vietnam-fits-in-global-value-chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25815 |
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