factors affecting the competitiveness of small and medium sized aquiculture enterprises in the north of vietnam

i Thai nguyen University Southern luzon STATE University Socialist Republic of Vietnam Republic of Philippine s PHAN THỊ MAI HƯƠNG (English Name: Diana) “FACTORS AFFECTING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES IN THE NORTH OF VIETNAM” DOCTORAL THESIS Thai Nguyên 2013 ii Acknowledgments I would like to express our most sincere thanks to the Management Board of the Southern Luzon State University, Thai Nguyen University,, the teacher of the school has helped me facilitate the learning process throughout. I would like to express sincere gratitude and profound Professor. Dr. Cecilia N. Gascon enthusiastic teacher who have dedicated guidance, encouragement, spend time and exchange orientation for me during this research. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the board of Directors of Aquaculture enterprises In HaiPhong, QuangNinh, NamDinh, ThaiBinh, NinhBinh, ThanhHoa Province has helped me research material, through a questionnaire survey. I sincerely thank the Board of the University of Labor and Social affair (ULSA), colleagues in ULSA, classmates DBA1 facilitated enthusiastic help and share my experience to help complete the thesis. Finally, I would like to send the gift to the heart of my family has passed enthusiasm and encouragement to complete my thesis. iii DEED OF DECLARATION I, Phan Thi Mai Huong (English name: Diana), hereby submit my thesis for oral examination, entitled “FACTORS AFFECTING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES IN THE NORTH OF VIETNAM” truthfully declare that the said paper is a product of my original research investigation. Signed this …………………… 2013 at Thai Nguyen University Phan Thi Mai Huong DBA Candidate iv Abstract The study was conducted to analyze the factors affecting competitiveness of SMEs in aquaculture of Northern Vietnam. The research utilized both primary and secondary data. The respondents in this study were the members of board of directors of 122 small and medium aquaculture enterprises of six coastal provinces in the North of Vietnam. Data for this study was collected via email with director of aquaculture enterprises. The study adapted from David Aker’s model (2007) for analyzing the factors impacting competitiveness of aquaculture enterprises in 6 coastal provinces of Northern Vietnam. Eight criteria that this dissertation identifies as most important internal factors accounting for enterprises’ competitiveness include: finance capability, management capability, intangible assets, manufacturing equipment, marketing, production capability, human resource and R&D. The dissertation identified the indicator of competitiveness of small and medium sized aquaculture enterprises in Vietnam nowadays and in particular evaluated the factors affecting the competitiveness of small and medium aquaculture enterprises in the North of Vietnam. Aquaculture enterprises in Quang Ninh own the highest level of competitiveness with the score of 4.04 (maximum level is 5). In addition, the dissertation ranked the competitiveness of Northern Vietnam at the average level with the score of 3.40. In order to enhance competitiveness, small and medium aquaculture enterprises in northern areas should focus on implementing a number of measures: (1) improving production capacity; (2) innovating equipment and technology; (3) building brand; (4) improving the quality of the labor force in aquaculture sector, (5) pushing up the activities of product research and development. v APPROVAL SHEET This thesis, entitled “FACTORS AFFECTING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES IN THE NORTH OF VIETNAM ”, prepared and submitted by Phan Thi Mai Huong in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor in Business Administration has been examined and recommended for acceptance and approval for ORAL EXAMINATION. Professor. Dr . Cecilia N. Gascon Adviser Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination with a grade of PASSED on ……. 2013 Dr……………………… ………………… Member Dr……………………… ………………… Member Dr……………………… ………………… Member Dr……………………… ………………… Chairman Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor in Business Administration. THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY Dean Dean vi TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER I………………………………………. 1 INTRODUCTION…………………………………… 1 1. Background of the study 1 2. Statement of the problem 3 3. Hypothesis 5 4. Objective of the study 5 5. Scope and limitations of the study 6 6. Definition of terms 6 CHAPTER II……………………………………… 9 LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………… 9 1. Conceptual framework 9 1.1. Concept of competition 9 1.2. Porter’s 5 forces Model 10 1.3. Analyzing competitors & David Aaker’s model 12 2. Literature Review 14 CHAPTER III………………………………………. 20 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY………………… 20 1.Research design 20 2. Location of the study 22 3. Population, Sample Size and Sampling technique 22 4. Description of research points 24 5. Research Instrument 24 6. Statistical analysis 25 CHAPTER IV…………………………………… … 27 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION…………………… 27 1. Evaluating the reliability of statistic data 27 2. Descriptive statistics 31 vii 3. Analysis the factors of the competitiveness of Small and Medium Sized Aquaculture Enterprises of the six provinces in the North of Vietnam 31 3.1. Financial capability 32 3.2. Management Capability 34 3.3. Intangible assets 36 3.4. Manufacturing equipment and technology capability 38 3.5. Marketing 40 3.6. Production capability 44 3.7. Human Resources 45 3.8. R&D 48 4. Comparison of competitiveness between provinces in Northern Vietnam in aquaculture sector. 49 4.1. Financial capability of six coastal provinces in the North of Vietnam 49 4.2. Management Capability 51 4.3. Intangible assets 52 4.4. Manufacturing equipment and technology capability 53 4.5. Marketing 54 4.6. Production capability 56 4.7. Human resources 57 4.8. Research and Development 58 5. Evaluating the competitiveness level of the aquaculture sector in the north of Vietnam 61 CHAPTER V…………………………………… 86 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 86 1. Conclusions 86 2. Recommendations 86 APPENDIX 1 : SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE…………………………………………………97 APPENDIX 2: COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF EACH PROVINCE 102 APPENDIX 3: ANOVA ANALYSIS…………… 112 APPENDIX 4: POST HOC TESTS……………… 117 APPENDIX 5: KSF competitor ranking 6 provinces of northern Vietnam in aquaculture sector…………………………………………… 136 viii LIST OF TABLES Table 1: KSF Competition Ranking 13 Table 2: Research Respondents 23 Table 3: Cronback alpha of financial capability 27 Table 4: Cronback alpha of management capability 27 Table 5: Cronback alpha of intangible assets 28 Table 6: Cronback alpha of manufacturing equipment and technology capability 28 Table 7: Cronback alpha of marketing 29 Table 8: Cronback alpha of production capability 29 Table 9: Cronback alpha of human resources 30 Table 10: Cronback alpha of research and development 30 Table 11: Illustration method of calculating group variables via mean value 31 Table 12: Financial Capability Crosstabulation 32 Table 13: Management Capability of aquaculture enterprises in the North of Vietnam 34 Table 14: Number of aquaculture enterprises assessed management capability at high level of six provinces in the North of VietNam 36 Table 15: Intangible assets Crosstabulation 37 Table 16: Manufacturing equipment and technology capability Crosstabulation 39 Table 17: List of Basa price of six coastal provinces surveyed (per kg) 40 Table 18: Price of prawn of six coastal provinces surveyed (20 units / kg) 41 Table 19: Marketing Crosstabulation 43 Table 20: Production capability Crosstabulation 44 Table 21: Human Resources Crosstabulation 46 Table 22: R&D Crosstabulation 48 Table 23: Post Hoc Tests on financial capability 50 Table 24: Post Hoc Tests on management capability 51 Table 25: Post Hoc Tests on intangible assets 52 Table 26: Post Hoc Tests on Manufacturing equipment and technology capability 54 Table 27: Post Hoc Tests on marketing 55 Table 28: Post Hoc Tests on production capability 56 Table 29: Post Hoc Tests on Human Resources 57 Table 30: Post Hoc Tests on Research and Development 59 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: The Value Chain (Porter 1985) Error! 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Figure 2: Maps of Vietnam and its 63 provinces (name of coastal provinces are shown only) 22 Figure 3: Number of companies assessed financial capability of six provinces 32 Figure 4: Number of enterprises having high rate of intangible assets 37 Figure 5: Market share of six province in 2012 in domestic maket 42 Figure 6: Number of aquaculture enterprises is rated human resource in six provinces surveyed at high rate 47 ix Abbreviation ADB Asian development bank AFTA ASEAN Free-Trade Area APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting BAT Vietnam- America Bilateral Trade Agreement CCI Current competitiveness index EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GCI Growth competitiveness index GDP Gross domestic product GNP Gross National product KSF Key success factors IMF International Monetary Fund NAIC National Association of Investors Corporation ROF Rate of fund ROS Rate of sales x AQUACULTU RE Sea product export UN United Nations VASEP Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers VCCI Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry WB World Bank WEF World Economic Forum [...]... improve the competitiveness of aquaculture enterprises in the North of Vietnam Significance of study The results of this study are the picture of the factual situation of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in aquiculture in the north of Vietnam This study identified factors affecting the competitiveness of the small and medium sized enterprises in aquiculture, especially in the north of Vietnam The. .. objective of the study is to analyze the factors affecting the competitiveness of the small and medium- sized enterprises in aquaculture in the Northern part of Vietnam Specifically, this study aims to: 1 Identify and analyze the relationship of factors affecting the competitiveness of aquaculture SMEs in the north of Vietnam 2 Identify and measure how these factors affect the performance of aquaculture... thesis Factors affecting the competitiveness of Small and Medium Sized aquiculture Enterprises in the north of Vietnam In this study, the authors focus on identifying the factors that affect the competitiveness between the aquaculture enterprises in the northern region to propose recommendations to improve the capacity competition for them The study is aimed at finding out the factors affecting the. .. presenting the factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprises in aquiculture in north of Vietnam and giving some solutions to improve the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises in aquiculture in the future 6 Definition of terms To ensure common understanding among the readers, the following terms are defined conceptually and operationally: Aquaculture  According to the FAO (2000) aquiculture. .. improving the competitiveness of these enterprises So far today, a number of researches on the competitiveness of enterprises, especially the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, and the activities of Sea Product Export (AQUACULTURE) Vietnam have been done, but no research has looked into the factors affecting the competitiveness of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in aquiculture Therefore, the. .. the competitiveness of enterprises is the level of technology And the last factor is productivity The mentioned studies above concerned some factors affecting competetiveness of SMEs in the world in general and in some parts of Vietnam in particular However, none of them have got deeply involved in the factors of competitiveness of aquaculture enterprises in the Northern region of Vietnam Therefore, in. .. Small and Medium Sized aquiculture Enterprises in the north of Vietnam to collect data Step 2: Study theory of competitiveness and the indicators affecting the competetiveness of small and mediurm sized aquaculture enterprises to draw the theoretical basis for the thesis Step 3: A qualitative study was carried out based on the inheriting and selectively applying of theoretical model to identify factors. .. The result of study showed some suitable solutions to each factor that affecting the competitiveness of aquaculture 5 enterprises to meet the circumstances and environment of stiff competitiveness in the Northern region of Viettnam 5 Scope and limitations of the study The study was carried out in small and medium sized enterprises in aquiculture in six coastal provinces the north of Vietnam The research... competitiveness of SMSEs in aquaculture of the northen Vietnam Data were analyzed by using statistical software SPSS In the northern area of Vietnam there are six provinces which have coastline to develop aquaculture sector They are QuangNinh, HaiPhong, NamDinh, ThaiBinh, NinhBinh and ThanhHoa In order to come up with this analysis, a survey covering 122 specific enterprises of six provinces in the north of Vietnam. .. Vietnam There are 6 provinces in the northern region of Vietnam with 122 small and medium aquaculture enterprises The research population comprises of 122 small and medium aquaculture enterprises of six provinces in the north of Vietnam Respondents include the members of board of directors at small and medium aquaculture enterprises of six provinces Table 2: Research Respondents No Province Respondent ( . Enterprises in aquiculture in the north of Vietnam. This study identified factors affecting the competitiveness of the small and medium sized enterprises in aquiculture, especially in the north. six coastal provinces the north of Vietnam. The research focuses on presenting the factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprises in aquiculture in north of Vietnam and giving some solutions. aquiculture. Therefore, the author has chosen thesis Factors affecting the competitiveness of Small and Medium Sized aquiculture Enterprises in the north of Vietnam . In this study, the authors