The impact of firm size on the performance of Vietnamese private enterprises: A case study

  • Received January 27, 2021;
    Accepted June 1, 2021;
    Published June 9, 2021
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.19(2).2021.20
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    Volume 19 2021, Issue #2, pp. 243-250
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This article investigates the effect of firm size on the performance of Vietnamese private enterprises. Based on the data from the Annual Enterprise Survey from 2009 to 2018, this study uses an ordinary least-squares regression model (OLS) to point out the effects of firm size (growth rate, total assets, and total labor) on the performance of Vietnamese private enterprises in both static and dynamic states. According to the results of the quantitative model, total assets are the biggest factor for determining firm performance, followed by total labor and growth rate. The results highlight the issue in Vietnamese private enterprises development in terms of scale, despite the fact that their number is growing, as the scale of enterprises decreases (the proportion of micro and small enterprises increases, but the proportion of medium and big enterprises decreases). Besides, the disadvantages of scale also negatively affect the development process of Vietnamese private enterprises, including accessing capital, increase in production or productivity, business expansion, and improving competitiveness.

Acknowledgments
This research is supported by the National Science Project “Development of Private Enterprises in the Southwest Region in the new context” (KHCN-TNB/14-19/X15).

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    • Table 1. Descriptive statistics
    • Table 2. Final estimation result
    • Table 3. Test for multicollinearity for the selected variables
    • Formal Analysis
      Cuong Vu Hung, Tuong Phi Vinh
    • Funding acquisition
      Cuong Vu Hung
    • Methodology
      Cuong Vu Hung
    • Software
      Cuong Vu Hung, Tuong Phi Vinh, Binh Dang Thai
    • Supervision
      Cuong Vu Hung, Tuong Phi Vinh, Binh Dang Thai
    • Writing – original draft
      Cuong Vu Hung, Tuong Phi Vinh, Binh Dang Thai
    • Writing – review & editing
      Cuong Vu Hung, Tuong Phi Vinh, Binh Dang Thai
    • Conceptualization
      Tuong Phi Vinh, Binh Dang Thai
    • Data curation
      Tuong Phi Vinh, Binh Dang Thai
    • Investigation
      Binh Dang Thai