An Inquiry into the Development Process of Village Industries: The Case of a Knitwear Cluster in Northern Vietnam
研究了越南北部一个快速增长的乡村服装集群的发展过程，发现企业主的人力资本和与海外越南商人的亲属关系（社会资本）促进了创新性出口市场进入，而学校教育和经验积累则推动了垂直整合生产系统，提升了企业绩效。
While village industries are known to have high potential to grow, their growth process has seldom been analysed. This study explores the development process of a rapidly growing village-based garment cluster in northern Vietnam. We found that both the human capital and social capital (measured by the kinship ties with overseas Vietnamese traders) of the proprietors facilitated their innovative entry into new export markets. Furthermore, general human capital acquired by schooling and specific human capital acquired by management experience are found to have contributed to the adoption of a vertically integrated production system, which, in turn, contributed to enhanced enterprise performance.