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Spring 2000

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 15, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2000 | Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Start-Up and Growth : A Case Study of Thailand

Alina Zapalska, Marshall University

Geoff Perry, Auckland University of Technology

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EntrepreneurialStart-UpandGrowth:ACaseStudyofThailandAlinaZapalskaMarshallUniversityGeoffPerryAucklandInstituteofTechnology1ThepurposeofthisstudyistoevaluatethestagesBofdevelopmentprocessandthegrowthpatternsofentrepreneurialventuresoftheThaieconomy.Thefour-stagegrowthmodeldevelopedbyKazanjian(1988)wasusedtodeterminethestageofgrowthofeachfirm.Stagesconsistoforganizationaldesignvariablesrepresentinghowfirmsrespondtothedominantproblemstheyface.Therelationshipsbetweenstagesofgrowthanddominantproblemsarepresentedusingadatabaseof169Thaientrepreneurialfirms.Inthesummerof1998,theauthorsconductedasurveytodeterminethetypesofsmallandmedium(SME)sizedfirmsbeingformedinThailandandthebackgroundofthefirms=founders.ThestudywasdesignedtoevaluatethestagesBof-developmentprocessandthegrowthpatternsofSMEentrepreneurialventuresoftheThaieconomy.Thefour-stagegrowthmodelutilisedinthisstudydescribescombinationsoforganizationaldesignvariablesrepresentinghowafirmrespondstothedominantproblemsthateachfaces.Thepapershowsthatspecificbarrierstoafirm=sdevelopmentareinfluencedbyitsstageofentrepreneurialdevelopmentbutcanariseforavarietyofreasons.ThisstudyhelpsexplainthetypesofproblemsthattheThaifirmsneedtosolveto1TheauthorswouldliketoacknowledgethecontributionofseveralstaffmembersattheUniversityoftheThaiChamberofCommerce(UTCC),Bangkok,thailand,withoutwhichthisresearchcouldnothavebeencompleted.ApiradeeBhatarakarnt(FacultyofBusinessAdministration)wasinvaluableasaresearchadviserinBangkok,asorganiserofthesurveydistributionandcollectionandastranslatorofthequestionnaireintoThaiandtheresponsesfromThaitoEngish,AcharapanLeanhanathavuth(FacultyofBusinessAdministration),YupinPitayavatanachai(FacultyofBusinessAdministration)andRoongrojBenjamasutin(FacultyofEconomics)alsoprovidedimportantsupport.

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Title	Entrepreneurial Start-Up and Growth : A Case Study of Thailand
Authors/Creators:	Alina Zapalska, Marshall University Geoff Perry, Auckland University of Technology
Year:	2000
Volume:	15
Number:	2
Pages:	78 - 95
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Business creation, Economic development, Private sector, Entrepreneurs, Standard of living, Labour, Costs, Debt management, Competition, Macroeconomics, Monetary policy, Manufacture

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Zapalska, Alina; Perry, Geoff / 2000. "Entrepreneurial Start-Up and Growth : A Case Study of Thailand." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 15(2): 78-95.