Effects of Business Ties on the Export Performance of Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Vietnam

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This study aims to investigate the effects of business ties on the export performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. The study uses data from the European Research Organization surveying 2.628 SMEs operating in 18 manufacturing and services sectors across 10 provinces in Vietnam. The ordinary least square (OLS) method was used to test the effects of business ties on SME export performance. Both OLS and Tobit regressions show that firms, contacting many other enterprises in different fields, as well as financial firms, decrease export performance. In addition, other factors such as firm size, RandD investment,
political ties, and outsourcing also have affected SME export performance.