Abstract
Supporting enterprises to master technology plays an important role in enhancing endogenous technological capacity of enterprises and promoting economic development based on science, technology and innovation. In Vietnam, the Government has paid attention and put priorities on supporting enterprises to improve their technological mastery. However, the technological level of Vietnamese enterprises is still low, negatively affecting the position and competitiveness of enterprises as well as economic development of the country. Based on assessment of the current status of technology mastering support policies, this paper proposes policy recommendations on improving technology mastery of enterprises in accordance with Vietnam's conditions in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. The research conducted a survey to investigate enterprises most of whom are in the mechanical industry to collect information on the current situation of enterprises’ technology and their benefits from supporting policies on enterprises’ technology mastery. Questionnaires were sent to 132 enterprises with 89 responses. Based on survey results, the authors suggest that the Vietnamese Government should create favorable conditions for enterprises to set up a research and development department in order to accelerate the process of research, improvement, decoding, mastering and innovation of technologies; support businesses in seeking technological information, improving the procedures of credit incentives for businesses in technology innovation and transfer, improving the capacity of human resources to master and apply scientific and technological advances; and create a more favorable legal corridor to accelerate the process of applying technologies of the fourth industrial revolution into production and business.
Highlights
This paper focuses on key policies on supporting technology mastery including: Policies to support the formation of research and development division; Policies to support technology seeking, evaluation and selection; Credit support policy; Human resource development policy for technological mastery
In order to conduct this research, the authors employed the following research methods: First, the historical research to investigate the process of supporting policies for Vietnamese enterprises since the Law on Technology Transfer (2006) came into effect, to assess strengths and limitations of Vietnam's policies on supporting technology mastery in specific periods
There are laws related to technology transfer such as the Law on High Technology (2008), Law on Management and Use of State Assets (2017), Law on Intellectual property (2005, amended 2009)
Summary
Mastery is generally understood as having a right of ownership and use, or the ability to manage, direct, operate and control. According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [12], technological capacity includes the capacity to train human resources; to conduct basic research; to test technical facilities; to receive and adapt technologies; and to provide and process information. The above studies show that technological mastery of enterprises is the research, seeking, evaluation and selection of appropriate technologies to import, absorb and operate effectively the imported technologies, adapt, assimilate, improve, decode imported technologies and create new technologies, products and processes to enhance enterprises’ competitiveness. This paper focuses on key policies on supporting technology mastery including: Policies to support the formation of research and development division; Policies to support technology seeking, evaluation and selection; Credit support policy; Human resource development policy for technological mastery These are critical policies that have a strong influence on technology decoding, mastering and innovation in enterprises [5]
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