In the existing market, companies confront a fierce competition, so the need for new and efficient process for supply chain has become necessarily important. To this end, supply chain management among multi agent system is proposed for addressing the selection and evaluation process related to the inbound logistics. | Nội dung Text Advanced system based on ontology and multi agent technology to handle upstream supply chain intelligent negotiation protocol for supplier and transportation provider selection Uncertain Supply Chain Management 8 2020 513 522 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Do technology transfer R amp D collaboration and co-operation matter for R amp D along the supply chain Evidence from Vietnamese young SMEs Quang-Thanh Ngoa b Anh-Tuan Nguyena b Ngoc-Phuc Doanc and Tien-Dung Nguyena b a University of Economics and Law UEL Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam b Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City VNU-HCM Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam c University of Finance-Marketing Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Technology transfer collaboration and co-operation in the R amp D innovation increase their Received January 29 2020 importance when firms integrate into the world economy especially along the global supply Received in revised format March chain. By using a specially designed sample of 3 253 Vietnamese young small and medium- 2 2020 sized enterprises in 2010-2013 the article examines the impact of technology transfer and Accepted March 11 2020 Available online R amp D collaboration and co-operation on a firm s R amp D innovation input and innovation output March 14 2020 along the supply chain. The estimation results indicate that technology transfer collaboration Keywords and co-operation are complementary during the innovation process initiating the application Technology Transfer of innovation both in terms of input and output. In addition R amp D collaboration and co- Collaboration operation are complementary in enhancing the innovation output. Co-operation R amp D Innovation Behavior Supply chain 2020 by the authors license Growing Science Canada. 1. Introduction Integration into global markets is affecting the way that firms organize their activities related to R .