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11R0271
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"Promoting Research and Development: A Case Study of Thai ICT Industry"
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Supachart Iamratanakul * , King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi , Thailand
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Malione Anantarattanachai, Kasetsart Business School, Thailand
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Paitoon Chetthamrongchai, Kasetsart Business School, Thailand
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* = Corresponding author
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Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a critical role in various developments in government policy. The study focuses on Thailand as a case to analyze an implementation of the government policy. The case shows that the Thai government creates the ICT plan for ten years to leverage the strength of R&D. The plan supports and encourages five sectors of development: 1) government, 2) commerce, 3) industry, 4) education, and 5) society. Each sector is often known as electronics development or e-government, e-commerce, e-industry, e-education, and e-society. The study, thus, is initiated to analyze and make recommendations for improving the ICT plan that the Thai government can promote and leverage the potential of researchers to the point that innovative creation in ICT is flourishing. The results of the study show that the ICT industry can be more reinforced by a) setting the research and economic development agency for ICT industry, b) promoting research potential in ICT at the country level, c) developing a national research database for ICT, d) evaluating and following up the ICT research in every segment in the country, and e) creating research funding for ICT projects.
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Supachart Iamratanakul |
Dr.Supachart Iamratanakul earned his Ph.D. in Management (2014) from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management (2002) and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Portland State University, USA. He also received the Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (1998) from Kasetsart University, Thailand. He has published articles in
several international conferences and journals. You can contact him at supachart9@gmail.com |
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