Please use this form to submit your study for inclusion into our database. It will be checked by a member of the Innovation Growth Lab team, who may be in contact to ask for more information. Your email address * Your name * Title * The name of the study Short summary In the context of knitwear and rolled steel clusters in Vietnam, preliminary short-run impacts of KAIZEN production training reveal positive impacts on entrepreneurs' management knowledge, firms business practices, and willingness-to-pay for the training. Researchers will evaluate the long-run results including a cost-benefit analysis. A brief description of the project's goals and its current state Abstract The full abstract of the study, if available Links http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:dpc:wpaper:2912 Links to any published papers and related discussions Authors * Affiliations Academic and other institutes that the authors of the study are members of Delivery partner Organisations involved in delivering the trial, if appropriate Year Year Year199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Journal Journal publishing the study, if available Publication stage * Working Paper Published Ongoing Research Forthcoming Discussion Paper Research theme * Entrepreneurship Innovation Business Growth Country Country or countries where this study took place. Topics What sort of topics does the study cover? Sample attributes Hypotheses / research question What institutions in the private sector in developing countries can arise to counteract market failures hindering industrial development? What policy should be prescribed to correct this market failure and how can it link with other effective measures toward cluster-based industrial development? Can training help entrepreneurs improve their management knowledge, even in a short training programme? Does the training pass a Cost-Benefit Analysis? Sample Trial population and sample selection Entrepreneurs in the industrial clusters of knitwear in Ha Noi, and rolled steal in Bac Ninh. Entrepreneurs were randomly selected into treatment or control. Number of treatment groups Size of treatment groups Group 1 (on-site and classroom training): 25 entrepreneurs; Group 2 (classroom training): 25 entrepreneurs; Group 3 (on-site training): 25 entrepreneurs Size of control group Unit of analysis Clustered? Yes No Cluster details Trial attributes Treatment description KAIZEN training program, aimed at production management improvement, provided to entrepreneurs in June to August 2010. There were two types of training: on-site KAIZEN training, and classroom multifaceted training specialising in KAIZEN but also included entrepreneurship, business strategy and marketing. Rounds of data collection Baseline data collection and method Baseline survey conducted using personal interviews with the sample of entrepreneurs. Data collected information on business practice questions, willingness-to-pay (WTP) questions, and production and cost questions. Data collection method and data collected Evaluation Outcome variables <p>Participation in training. Willingness-to-pay (WTP) for trainings. Firm's performance: Sales revenue, value-added, gross profit. Firm's business practices: Business recordkeeping practices, sales promotion activities, quality improvement practices, marketing strategies, KAIZEN practices.</p> Results <p>Participation: Male owners were 20% more likely to participate in the training given the random invitation. Being younger by one year increased the probability of participation by 1-2%. Willingness-to-pay (WTP) for training: Having participated in the training increased WTP for the trainings, and was economically significant. Firm's performance: Impact forthcoming pending future follow-ups. Firm's business practices: Training improved separation of the household and firm's expenses, sales promotion, owner's communication of quality defects to workers and recoding of customer complaints, marketing strategy, and adherence to KAIZEN practices.</p> Intervention costs Not yet available. Cost benefit ratio Reference Sonobe, T., Suzuki, A., Otsuka, K. & Nam, V. 2012. 'KAIZEN for Managerial Skills Improvement in Small and Medium Enterprises: An Impact Evaluation Study in a knitwear cluster in Vietnam'. No 29, Working Papers, Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN), Vietnam. Citation for use in academic references
