Regional and Local Development

Lecture 01. Overall Framework: Defining Competitiveness and Its Determinants

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. On competition, chapter 6, p155-166.

Case Study 01. Competitive strategy

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. Solvell and Porter, 2008, Finland and Nokia: Creating the world's most competitive economy

2. On competition, chapter 2.

Lecture 02. Identifying places

Phan Chánh Dưỡng

Readings:

1. Phan Chánh Dưỡng, Identifying places.

Lecture 03. HCMC development Orientation: Heading to South toward the East Sea

Phan Chánh Dưỡng

Readings:

1. CASE: Phan Chánh Dưỡng, HCMC development Orientation: Heading to South toward the East Sea.

Lecture 04. Introduction to the Diamond Model

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. On competition, chapter 6, p166-195.

Case Study 02. Analysis of Vietnam's Competitiveness

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. Central Institute of Economic Management and Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy (2010). Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010, Hanoi.

Lecture 05. Analysis of Provincial Competitiveness

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. VTTA, An Introduction of Competitiveness Evaluation Theory.

Case Study 05. Evaluating local competitiveness using Diamond Model

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: Ha Giang.

Lecture 06. Clusters and Cluster Development

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. On competition, chapter 7.

Case Study 04. Clusters and Cluster Development: Advanced Economies

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: (9-799-124) Porter & Bond, California Wine Cluster.

Case Study 05. Clusters and Cluster Development: Developing/Transition Countries

Lê Thị Quỳnh Trâm

Readings:

1. CASE: (9-703-422) Ketelhohn & Porter, Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica.

Case Study 06. Bringing Intel to HCMC

Trần Tiến Khai

Readings:

1. CASE: Alcácer & Herman, Intel: Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant.

Lecture 07. Identifying clusters in Vietnam's economy

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

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Case Study 07. Institutions for Collaboration

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: (9-703-437) Porter & Emmons, Asociación Colombiana de Industrias Plásticas.

2. CASE: (9-703-436) Porter & Emmons, Institutions for Collaboration: Overview.

Lecture 08. National, Regional and Local Economic Development Strategy

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. Comparative Advantage of Nations, Chapter 1.

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Case Study 08. National Economic Development Strategy

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: (9-710-483) Porter et al., Remaking Singapore.

Case Study 09. Regional Economic Development Strategy

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: (9-703-426) Porter, The State of Connecticut: Strategy for Economic Development.

Case Study 10. Economic Development of Red River Delta

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: Ninh Binh: Trade-off between short-run and Long-run

2. Dapice et al, History or Policy: Why don't Northern Provinces Grow Faster?

Case Study 11. Economic Development of Central Coastal

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: Chu Lai Open Zone: The Lab for Institutional and Policy Reform

2. Reviewing Quang Nam Competitiveness.

Case Study 12. Economic Upgrading: Private Sector Development

Nguyễn Xuân Thành

Readings:

1. CASE: Binh Duong as business's companion.

Lecture 09. Redefining Mekong Delta

Phan Chánh Dưỡng

Readings:

1. Mekong Delta: Linkage for sustainable development and competitiveness enhancement).

Lecture 10. Concept of Marketing Places

Phan Chánh Dưỡng

Readings:

1. Philip Kotler (2002), Chapter 1: "The Marketing Challenge in the New Asia".

Lecture 10. Building strategy for marketing places

Phan Chánh Dưỡng

Readings:

1. Philip Kotler (2002), Chapter 3: "How places market themselves".

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