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Doing business in...Vietnam
Author(s) -
Meyer Klaus E.,
Tran Yen Thi Thu,
Nguyen Hung Vo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.20095
Subject(s) - reading (process) , library science , citation , management , political science , sociology , law , computer science , economics
This 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.