IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION ON THE INNOVATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the impact of ownership concentration on the innovation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. Furthermore, innovation is seen as an important element in creating competitiveness to achieve long-term development for a company. This topic has been reported in many previous pieces of research where innovation is often measured through the number of patents. However, this study measures the innovation of SMEs through whether these businesses introduce products/services or introduce a new production process or new technology in 3 years. By Logit Bayes regression method, the research results show that ownership concentration harms the innovation of SMEs in Vietnam. The authors explain this result through channels like "access to capital" and the "Risk aversion" channels.