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4. Conceptual Framework

verfasst von : Mai Fujita

Erschienen in: Exploiting Linkages for Building Technological Capabilities

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Abstract

This chapter develops the conceptual framework for empirical analysis of the Vietnamese motorcycle industry. The key conceptual apparatuses for exploring the evolution of supplier learning trajectories are the learning events and the two-dimensional matrix for the classification of capabilities. In exploring the sources of supplier capability building, the framework of actor engagement in supplier learning will be utilised to analyse various modes of involvement by key actors in supplier learning.

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Another possible dimension for the classification of capability is investment cycles (Lall 1992; Bell 2007). However, this dimension has been omitted because, unlike large plant-based industries such as chemicals and steel, major investment in sophisticated machinery is less relevant for motorcycle component suppliers at the lower end of technological development.

The author is grateful to Martin Bell for highlighting this point.

This was observed from the earlier empirical analyses of the motorcycle industry in Asia, most notably in China (Ohara 2001, 2006), and the author’s fieldwork in China, Thailand and Vietnam.

Based on Fujimoto (1999), Asanuma (1999) and the presentation made by HVN’s director in charge of procurement at the Seminar on Vietnam–Japan Supporting Industry Business Promotion hosted by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the SME Technical Assistance Center and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and held at Melia Hotel, Hanoi, on 22 January 2007.

For example, Figueiredo’s (2002) framework adopts seven levels for steel firms, while Pham (2007) establishes eight distinct levels of capability for motorcycle component suppliers.

Different authors use different terminology to refer to technology-using capability and technology-changing capability. Bell and Pavitt (1995) employ “production capacity” and “technological capability”, while Ariffin (2000) and Figueiredo (2008b) coin the terms “routine production capability” and “innovative technological capability”.

The second major hurdle is from design to home-manufacturing level (Suehiro 2000).

It is also possible for learning to take place in the course of exploring a completely new market, in which case an event might not be associated with a specific value chain. However, such an occurrence was rarely observed among local motorcycle component suppliersin Vietnam. The unstable market and government policy conditions made it highly risky for suppliers to engage in medium- to long-term R&D without any market assurance.

Wong (1991) refers to this as “spillover transfer”.

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Titel: Conceptual Framework
verfasst von: Mai Fujita
Verlag: Springer Japan
Buch: Exploiting Linkages for Building Technological Capabilities
Print ISBN: 978-4-431-54769-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-4-431-54770-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54770-9_4