The National Blood Centre (NBC) of Thailand is the major blood supplier for hospitals in Thailand with the responsibility of acquiring at least 1,500 units of blood per day from blood donation. This research mainly aims to search for the NBC’s management of blood donation, both in normal and unexpected situations, through interviews. The study also searches for the most important motives enhancing blood donation during unexpected events by employing a questionnaire. It found that NBC’s management of blood donations reveals special ...

The purpose of this research was 1) to study innovativeness levels and organizational performance levels of medium sized industrial businesses, 2) to study the relationship of market orientation and learning orientation and their effectiveness on innovativeness and the organizational performance of medium sized industrial businesses, 3) to develop and examine the goodness of fit of a causal model of market orientation and learning orientation effecting innovativeness and organizational performance of medium-sized industrial businesses to the ...

Microenterprise development is one of the most discussed antipoverty strategies in contemporary development discourses. Many developing countries have adopted this strategy to fight against poverty. In Nepal also, a microenterprise development program with the objectives of increasing income and employment, and thereby reducing poverty, has been implemented since 1998. Microenterprise development is particularly targeted to the households living below the poverty line. Among the people living below that line, the program is more focused on ...

This qualitative research examines and investigates the One Tablet Per Child (OTPC) phenomenon in Thailand with two levels of analysis: intra-school and interschool. The objectives of this research include: 1) examining the ICT integration processes conducted by lead teachers in role model schools; 2) discovering and unfolding the challenges of ICT integration processes in role model schools; 3) investigating how network formation between schools and their local alliances helps to ensure the success of ICT integration through Inter-organizational ...

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) is widely employed in various settings; however, in what contexts and whether PES programs achieve their objectives by improving local livelihoods and conservation goals is still being debated. This dissertation assessed the impact of the Payments for Forest Environmental Service (PFES) policy on financial, natural and institutional capitals in order to respond to the critical question on whether and how much the PFES policy has contributed to poverty reduction and ecological enhancement. A case study from ...

The objectives of this study are to first, to identify the development trends of the budget preparation and execution of the PBBS in poverty reduction program implementation at the provincial level; second, to define the characteristics of the budget preparation and execution of the PBBS in poverty reduction program implementation at the provincial level; and last, to investigate the major factors affecting the success of the budget preparation and execution of the PBBS in poverty reduction program implementation at the provincial level. In order ...

The study of policy and management strategies of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries as a World Natural Heritage site was conducted with the following aims: 1) to study the historic background of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Sanctuaries world natural heritage; 2) to study and analyze the current status, situations, and problems regarding the management of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries; 3) to propose strategic management measures based on technical points of view on the world ...