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Journal of Economic Geography 2007 7(6):753-776; doi:10.1093/jeg/lbm028
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Accessing global value chains? The role of business–state relations in the private clothing industry in Vietnam

Lotte Thomsen*

* Danish Institute for International Studies, Strandgade 56, 1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark. email < lth{at}diis.dk>

JEL classifications:: D-73, D-85, F-14, F-23, L-11, L-22, L-33, L-67, P-33

This article deals with the access to global markets via inclusion in global value chains for private clothing producers in Vietnam. It argues that ‘chain entry barriers’ are not only constructed by global buyers as it is often suggested, but also by political–economic processes in Vietnam. The market orientations of four segments of private enterprise owners is examined and shown to correspond to their ethnicity, origin and location in northern or southern Vietnam. It is argued that this is mostly because these factors influence access to the state system, where export-related resources are found.

Keywords: Global value chains, entry barriers, clothing, business–state relations, transition economies, new economic geographies, Vietnam, Overseas Chinese
Date submitted: 10 January 2007     Date accepted: 3 July 2007


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