The aim of this integrative study builds on the established theories of public policy analysis, economics, and public finance to empirically investigate and analyze the determinants of public expenditure on education in Thailand. For the purpose of this study, it is posited that education expenditure are determined by multidimensional determinants. A number of theories are therefore incorporated regarding economic-demographic, political, institutional, decision-making theories as well as the concept of education. This study recognizes and quantifies ...

This research studies the patterns and methods of community-level disaster management capacity building, analyzes the capacity, problems, and obstacles, and proposes approaches to the development of sustainable flood and drought management capacity building among local communities in Thailand’s lower northeastern provinces. Research data were collected from 10 local communities through interviewing community leaders totaling 10 persons, executives from local administrative organizations totaling 10 persons, and executives of provincial offices ...

This study objectives are 1) to examine the causal relationships in financial literacy, self-efficacy, financial motivation planning, risk in financial planning, and retirement financial planning among people living in the northeastern region of Thailand through empirical data performed by confirmatory factor analysis, 2) to analyze causal relationship of financial literacy, self-efficacy, financial motivation planning, risk in financial planning, and retirement financial planning among people living in the northeastern region of Thailand by ...

The purpose of this study is to find the essential factors that support learning in the organization, the learning process, and the outcomes of the learning organization for the electronics industry in Thailand. This study also compares the differences in the degrees of supportive factors for learning, the learning process, and the outcomes of learning between companies of different sizes and quality certification status. The methodology used in this study is the mixed-method approach, which consisted of both quantitative and qualitative ...

This empirical study is a country-based analysis aiming to investigate how institutional factors (primary economic and social determinants) affect the FDI inflows in six ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam during the period of 1990-2016. This study uses a mixed-methods research approach employing a pooled data multiple regression technique to analyze the significant determinants of FDI in the ASEAN region at the country level from a holistic approach.   The findings revealed that, ...

The purpose of this study was to develop and to test a theoretical framework for explaining the determinants of organizational innovation management effectiveness. The main objective was to explain the determinants of seven contingency prediction factors behind innovation management effectiveness in an organization, namely Innovation Strategy, Organizational Structure, Organization Culture, Project Management, Team Cohesiveness, Strategic Leadership and Coordination and Communication. In addition, the dissertation attempted to employ the concept ...

The research objectives of this dissertation were essentially threefold: i) to study how firms effectively pursue sustainable innovation and how innovation impacts its performance on the triple bottom line; ii) to conceptualize a strategic framework that outlines the determinants that nurture innovation from a sustainable development perspective; and iii) to establish an empirical link between “sustainability practices” and innovation performance through the pursuit of “sustainability exploitation” within current competences and ...