Doing business in Vietnam

Thunderbird International Business Review - Tập 43 Số 5 - Trang 669-687 - 2001
William Scheela1, Nguyễn Văn Định2
1Bemidji State University, Minnesota State University System, Bemidji, MN
2NEU Business School, National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam

Tóm tắt

AbstractThis article examines the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Vietnam. We focus on the seven‐year development process of the venture capital industry in Vietnam as an indicator of the long‐term process of creating and managing business investments there. Although there are many lucrative business opportunities in Vietnam, there are also significant challenges that must be carefully analyzed before making an investment. Challenges include finding quality investments, long payback periods, a lengthy and expensive process to develop a management team, and significant misunderstandings because of cultural differences between Western and Vietnamese investors. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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