Research group on Quality Performance in Vietnam’s Enterprises

02/12/2014 14:49

I. About the research group

- Group name: Research group on quality performance in Vietnam’s Enterprises
- Institution: Center for Business Administration Studies

- Leader: Dr. Phan Chi Anh (Associate Dean - Faculty of Business Administration, Director of Center for Economic Development Studies, VNU University of Economics and Business).

- Group members and consultants (if any):

No.	Academic tittle	Full name	Institution	Position
1	PhD	Phan Chi Anh	Associate Dean - Facuty of Business Administration, Director of Center for Economic Development Studies, VNU-UEB.	Group leader
2	Assoc.Prof.Dr	Hoang Van Hai	Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, VNU-UEB	Member
3	PhD	Pham Thi Lien	Associate Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, VNU-UEB	Member
4	PhD	Nguyen Dang Minh	Head of Office of Research and Partnership Development, Lecturer of Faculty of Business Administration, VNU-UEB	Member
5	PhD	Nham Phong Tuan	Associate Dean, Department of Strategic Management, Faculty of Business Administration, VNU-UEB	Member
6	MSc.	Nguyen Thu Ha	Lecturer of Faculty of Business Administration, VNU-UEB	Member
7	Graduate	Nguyen Hue Minh	Researcher, Center for Business Administration Studies, VNU-UEB	Member
8		Luong Vu Mai Hoa	Researcher, Center for Business Administration Studies, VNU-UEB	Member
9	Prof.	Yoshiki Matsui	Yokohama National University, Japan	Member
10	Prof.	James Ang Soo-Keng	National University of Singapore	Member
11	Prof.	Tomoaki Shimada	Kobe University, Japan	Member

II. Research activities in the last 5 years

1) List of state level/ ministerial level/ local level and international level projects:

No.	Project name	Duration	Institution to be transferred the research work - if available
1	Develop service quality assessment models in Vietnam’s Enterprises	2012-2014	VNU
2	Corporate governance of Vietnam’s public joint stock companies		VNU
3	Current situations of 5S application to SMEs in Hanoi	2012-2013	VNU-UEB
4	Develop lean management models to promote performance effectiveness of Vietnam’s Enterprises	2013-2015	VNU
5	Project on consumption contracts of agricultural products in Vietnam	12/2011-4/2012	Oxfam Hongkong
6	Project on “management and organizational structure models for foreign investment in upstream sectors of Petro Vietnam”	5/2012-10/2012	EMC - VPI
7	Develop a testing model of relationship between corporate governance and business performance outcomes of public joint stock companies in Vietnam	8/2012-6/2013	VNU-UEB
8	Study on assessment of application effectiveness of quality management based on ISO 9000 in Vietnam’s Enterprises	2012	STAMEQ

2) Published studies:

No.	Articles/books monographs	Name of Journal/Publisher	Author/co-author	Note
1	Supply Chain Quality Management Practices and Performance: An Empirical Study	Operations Management Research, Vol. 6, No. ½, pp. 19-31. (2013)	Jing Zeng, Phan Chi Anh, Yoshiki Matsui	ISI journal list
2	Shop-floor Communication and Process Management for Quality Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Quality Management	Management Research Review, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 454-477 (2013)	Jing Zeng, Phan Chi Anh, Yoshiki Matsui	Scopus journal list
3	Contribution of total Productive Maintenance Practices to Quality Performance: Empirical Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Plants	The Journal of Japanese Operations Management and Strategy, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 38-54 (2012)	Phan Chi Anh, Matsui Yoshiki
4	Current issues of environmental management in Vietnam: The case of VEDAN Vietnam”	Journal of Japan Society for Information and Management (2012)	Hoang Van Hai, Nguyen Dang Minh
5	“Contribution of Total Productive Maintenance to the Environmental Conservation”	Journal of Japan Society for Information and Management.(2012)	Nguyen Đang Minh
6	A Firm Analysis Level of Supporting Industries in Hanoi City- Vietnam: Application of Resource-based View and Industrial Organization	International Journal of Business Management, 7(5), 2012.	Nham Phong Tuan and Nguyen Thị Tuyet Mai
7	Gender, innovation and the growth of small medium enterprises: An empirical analysis of Vietnam’s manufacturing firms	VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, 28(2), 87-102, 2012	Nham Phong Tuan
8	Competition in Vietnamese E-Marketplace: A case study of Alibaba in Vietnam	International Journal of Business and Social Science, 3(10), special issue, 60-67, 2012	Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai and Nham Phong Tuan
9	An empirical study of firm environmental and financial performance: evidence from Vietnam's small and medium manufacturing firms	VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, Vol.5 (English), 2012	Nham Phong Tuan
10	Study on service quality assessment models	VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, 29(1), Pages 11-22 (2013)	Phan Chi Anh, Nguyen Thu Ha, Nguyen Hue Minh
11	Quality assessment of service and customers’ satisfication based on SERVPERF model	Journal of Science and Commerce, No. 55, Pages 48-53.(2013)	Pham Thi Lien, Nguyen Hue Minh
12	Application of 5S in Vietnamese SMEs’ System: Current situations and solutions	VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, Vol.1.(2013)	Nguyen Dang Minh, Do Thi Cuc
13	Corporate governance: representatives of Vietnam’s public joint stock companies	VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, Vol. 1, 3/2013	Nham Phong Tuan và Nguyen Anh Tuan
14	Responsibility and powers in the organizational structure model of internal management in petro companies for foreign investment in upstream sectors and application capacity for Petro Vietnam	Journal of Petrol ad Gas - Economics - Petro and Gas management, No 7, Pages 48-55.(2013)	Nham Phong Tuan, Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Ngo Thi Mai Hanh, Hoang Manh Anh
15	Gender as a Moderator for Firm Resources, Networks and Operation Factors on Firm	Journal of women’s entrepreneurship and education, 1-2, 3/2013. Performance in Lao MSMES, Laos	Nham Phong Tuan
16	Quality of corporate governance based on Gov - Score: case-study of enterprises listed on Hanoi Stock Exchange	VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Business, Vol.1, 2012.	Hoang Van Hai
17	Contract farming and its impact on income and livelihoods for small-scale farmers: case study in Viet Nam	Journal of agribusiness and rural development, 4 (26), Pages 147-166, 2012.	Nham Phong Tuan
18	The impacts of ISO 9000 quality management on Vietnamese companies’ performance	Proceedings of International Conference: Enterprise challenges - Improving SME competitiveness, Hanoi, Vietnam, Pages 370-384. ISBN: 9786049115127 (2013)	Phan Chi Anh, Nguyen Hue Minh, Luong Vu Mai Hoa, and Yoshiki Matsui,
19	Equity valuation model of Vietnamese companies in a foreign securities market - a simulation approach	Proceedings of the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 12/2013, Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE.	Nguyen Đang Minh	Peer Reviewed International Conference, Scopus Index)
20	The relationship between service quality and customers’ satisfaction - a case of a commercial bank in Vietnam	Proceedings of International Conference: Sustainable manufacturing and environmental management (JSPS Asian Core Program), Hanoi, Vietnam, pp.308-321, ISBN: 978-604-67-0017-3 212218H00 (2012)	Pham Thi Lien and Nguyen Hue Minh,
21	Technology management in Vietnamese Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises: Current situations and suggestions for improvement	Proceeding of Asia Pacific Conference on Information Management, Seattle, Washington USA, 8/2012.	Nguyen Dang Minh, Do Thi Cuc, Ta Thi Huong Giang
22	Impacts of firm’s environmental performance on its financial performance: empirical evidence from Vietnam’s small and medium manufacturing firms	Proceeding paper in International Conference about Sustainable manufacturing and environmental management, JSPS Asian Core Program, Ha Noi, 6/10/2012.	Nham Phong Tuan, Tran Huệ Chi và Nguyen Thu Ha,
23	Belief and satisfaction of online customers: case-study in Vietnam	Study at the 4^th international Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 11/2012.	Nguyen Thị Tuyet Mai, Nham Phong Tuan,
24	Impacts of quality management practices on competitive performance in manufacturing companies	VNU publishing House, Hanoi (2014)	Phan Chi Anh
25	Administration decision-making	VNU Publishing House, Hanoi (2013)	Hoàng Văn Hải (Editor), Nguyen Viet Loc, Nguyen Ngoc Thang
26	Study on quality productivity - quality management in Vietnam’s enterprises	VNU Publishing House, Hanoi (2013)	Nguyen Hong Son, Phan Chi Anh (Co-Editor)
27	Entrepreneurship spirit of Vietnam in integration	VNU Publishing House, Hanoi (2012)	Hoang Van Hai (Editor), Nguyen Dang Minh, Nham Phong Tuan, 2012.

III. Major research orientation in the next 5 years

In the next 5 years, the research group will further conduct research on the quality productivity in Vietnam’s enterprises. Quality and productivity are considered as key elements for the country’s development and crucial factor for the existence of an enterprise. This viewpoint is also reflected through the National Program on “Improving productivity and quality of goods and products in Vietnam’s enterprises up to 2020” approved by Prime Minister in the Decision No 712/QD-TTg.

On the other hand, international experience also shows that quality and productivity are similar to competition, the growth key which helps many countries become the world economic leaders in only short time, such as Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

However, the facts show that quality and productivity in Vietnam have experienced a scattered, individual, spontaneous and non-oriented increase. Generally, only when there is existence of 3 representatives: (1) Government - orientation, guideline, sponsor; (2) Enterprises - where solutions for increasing productivity and quality are applied to; (3) consultant agencies - analyse, evaluate factors which help to increase productivity and quality, have productivity and quality activities been given and implemented frequently and gained outstanding achievements, increasing the competitiveness of national economy.

Therefore, study on quality productivity in Vietnam in general and in Vietnam’s enterprises in particular is necessary.

IV. Scientific product expectation in the next 5 years

- 5 annual articles on quality productivity of Vietnam;

- 10 articles on Vietnam’s quality productivity published on domestic and international Journals of Sciences;

- 5 presentations on Vietnam’s quality productivity at international and national scientific workshops;

- Host and participate in research projects on Vietnam’s quality productivity.

- Conduct teaching activities and invite students to join research groups.

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