Dissertation for the degree of Philosophy in economic: Knowledge sources as determinants of firm lever innovation in Vietnam – An empirical study

The main objectives of this dissertation are: To review the literature on innovation and the determinants of innovation especially knowledge sources for innovation at firm level; to analyze the current situation of innovation of manufacturing firms in Vietnam; to identify the knowledge sources that manufacturing firms in Vietnam use for innovating and test the relationship between those knowledge sources and innovation outcome; to propose several solutions for manufacturing firms as well as policy makers in order to foster innovation in Vietnam based on empirical evidence.