Flag Thailand * Officially the Kingdom of Thailand * Formerly known as Siam * On July 20th‚ 1948‚ the Siamese constituent assembly voted to change the name of Siam to Thailand‚ the change to come into effect the following year. Muang Thai or Thailand means ‘land of the free’ and the name had been changed before‚ in 1939 under the fascist military dictatorship of Field Marshal Luang Phibunsongkhram‚ but the anti-Axis powers refused to recognise the new name after Siam allied herself
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tigers (Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Philippines and Thailand). They used to form the global supply chain and all of them used the US dollar as the benchmark currency. Beginning of the Crisis: 2 July 1997‚ the Bank of Thailand (BoT) announces that the Thai baht which was pegged around 25 to the U.S. dollar for more than a decade will be allowed to float‚ due to the lack of foreign currency to support its fixed exchange rate. (Already used $33 billion in foreign exchange). With the economic growth U
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I am Thai‚ but inside I am also Chinese “My hometown China‚ I’m so sad that I had to leave you”‚ is a part of the song I heard all the time when I was little‚ and I still remember it. Not much is known about my background; I only know that I am actually Chinese. I could have cared less about it because I was born and raised in Thailand‚ and I considered myself Thai until my mom told me about my grandparents. My grandfather used to be a doctor in a small communist camp in China. He didn’t like it
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THAILA ND Special Topic in Managerial Economics Outline • Thailand in Brief • Analysis Frameworks • • • • – SWOT Analysis – PEST Analysis Exclusive Interview: Thailand vs. Vietnam Investment Climate Business Implications Conclusion PART 1) THAILAND IN BRIEF THAILAND IN BRIEF • • • • • GDP Size (USD billions) 365.6 GDP PPP (% of world) = 0.78 GDP Per Capita (USD) = 5‚678 Population (millions) = 69.5 Setting: the center of the Indochina peninsula‚ Southeast Asia Comparing Thailand’s GDP
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launched its first international flight to Bangkok. AirAsia has since started a Thai subsidiary‚ added Singapore itself to the destination list‚ and commenced flights to Indonesia. Flights to Macau started in June 2004‚ while flights to Mainland China (Xiamen) and the Philippines (Manila) started in April 2005. Flights to Vietnam and Cambodia followed later in 2005 and to Brunei and Myanmar in 2006‚ the latter by Thai AirAsia. A new budget terminal‚ the first of its kind in Asia was opened in Kuala
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Elephant camp and his SWOT: Elephant webacm golden triangle The refreshing chill of a Northern Thai sunrise shrouded in mountain mist. The rush of a longboat ride up the Mekong to Laos. The exhilaration of riding an elephant through bamboo jungle along the border of Burma. Discover this unforgettable Golden Triangle resort. Perched on a ridge overlooking the hills of Myanmar and Laos‚ Anantara’s Golden Triangle resort is as enchanting as the region in which it is located. Explore the surrounding
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Cr. http://www.fungglobalinstitute.org/publications/articles/the-asean-economic-community-and-corruption-400.html The Asean Economic Community and Corruption AUTHOR(S): BARBARA MEYNERT DATE: 07 - Mar 2013 TAGS: Asean ‚ Thailand ‚ Infrastructure development ‚ Corruption THEME(S): Governance As countries in Asean gear up for economic integration in 2015‚ Fung Global Institute Director‚ Barbara Meynert‚ asks whether corruption in Thailand will derail crucial inter-regional infrastructure
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Soup Restaurant Group Limited has been chosen to be our case study. Soup Restaurant Group Limited was listed in 2007. This company was incorporated during the early 1990s‚ as a private limited company. The company’s business can be divided into 2 key brands and business units: “Dian Xiao Er” and “Soup Restaurant”. Overall‚ the objective of the group is to offer customers with home-cooked style food in a comfortable restaurant quality setting. Hence both the Group’s Dian Xiao Er outlets and the
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| Information Technology in Thailand | | | 7/2/2013 | Diffusion and Status of Information Systems As a developing country‚ Thailand’s use of Information Systems is on the rise. The diffusion of IS in a developing country is key in economic growth for that country. One main measure looked at related to Information Systems in Thailand is ICT‚ or Information and Communication Technology. ICT has led to new knowledge and innovation created which results in the continual development in
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INTRODUCTION Black Canyon Coffee (BCC) is a Thai-based chain of coffee restaurants at the forefront of its domestic specialty coffee market. This case incorporates content which can be used to illustrate a broad range of strategic analysis‚ formulation‚ and implementation concepts. It is specifically about matching the company’s strategic choices with conditions in the environment. The case is set at a juncture in time (2002) when the young company needs to clearly define organizational goals that
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