Revenue can keep growing while margins, cash conversion, decision speed and accountability deteriorate. This Executive Insight explains how to recognise the Scaling Gap and reset the management system before expansion begins to destroy value.
Demand can be strong while the organisation is already reaching its internal growth ceiling. This Executive Insight shows how owners and CEOs identify the first binding constraint across execution, management and finance – and build capacity before the next growth layer turns into strain.
Founder‑led success is a powerful advantage in early‑stage businesses, but it can become a bottleneck as complexity grows. This paper explains how founder dependence emerges, how it affects governance and performance, and what families, managers and investors need to see to trust the organisation’s future. It outlines a practical transition path that strengthens institutional capability without diminishing the founder’s influence. The goal is controlled institutionalisation—moving authority only where capability and information can support it.
Vietnam’s strategic window is real, but opportunity alone does not create lasting advantage. The next challenge is to build Vietnamese enterprises with the scale, governance, capital, technology and international learning capability required to capture more value and compete beyond the domestic market.
Vietnam’s next development stage requires state transformation too. VIET TA introduces State Execution Productivity and a practical government operating model for faster, more predictable and measurable execution.
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In a recent contribution to VTV4’s The News, VIET-TA discusses what this transition requires and why governance capability, technology infrastructure and institutional coordination will become increasingly important as Vietnam moves toward a higher-value industrial model.
This Vietnamese print publication in Đầu tư presents the Vietnamese-language version of Dr. Sven David’s Vietnam Investment Review article on Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW and Vietnam’s next phase of foreign investment attraction.
In this VTV4 / Vietnam Today interview, Dr. Sven David discusses Vietnam’s National Digital Transformation Strategy 2026–2030 and why successful digital transformation requires more than investment in technology. He highlights the importance of leadership, governance, institutional capability and effective execution in translating advances in AI, data and digital government into measurable impact.
Dr. Sven David’s contribution can be viewed from 05:32 to 05:41 in the video below.
In this interview with Vietnam Today – The Point, I discuss the economic impact of Vietnam’s two-tier local government model after its first year of implementation.
The central question is whether structural reform has already translated into faster, clearer and more predictable administrative processes for businesses and investors.
Expanded financial flexibility can help Vietnam’s banks and companies finance longer investment cycles, but its real value will depend on disciplined capital allocation, transparent execution and stronger cash-flow performance.
