Publication Code: S11
Table of Contents
STDB Baseline Data Project Staff
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figure
Annex Tables
List of Annexes
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction and Review
1.1 General Concept and Objectives
1.2 The Importance of S&T Activities
1.3 The Roles of S&T Institutions
1.4 Macro S&T Indicators of Thailand
1.4.1 R&D Budgets
1.4.2 S&T Manpower
1.4.3 Patents
1.4.4 Technology Payments
1.4.5 Foreign Investment1.5 Micro S&T Indicators of Thailand
1.5.1 The Technological Capability in Industry
1.5.2 Attitudes Towards RD&E in the Private Sector
1.5.3 S&T Manpower in Selected Industrial Sectors
1.5.4 The Thai Electronics and Computers Industry1.6 A Summary of Salient Review Findings
1.7 Outline of the Study
2. The Conceptual Framework and Approach
2.1 The Underlying Motivation
2.2 A Schematic Description of the Conceptual Framework
2.3 The Firm Survey and the Proposed Firm-Level S&T Indicators
2.4 S&T Effort, Productivity, and a Case-Study Approach
3. Thailand's S&T Infrastructure
3.1 S&T Services
3.1.1 Technical Services
3.1.2 Information Services
3.1.3 Consultancy Services
3.1.4 Outstanding Features and Constraints3.2 Research, Development and Engineering
3.2.1 University Laboratories
3.2.2 Government Research Laboratories
3.2.3 R&D Financial Support3.3 S&T Education and Training
3.3.1 The Status of Education and Training
3.3.2 Outstanding Features and Constraints3.4 The Science and Technology Development Board
3.4.1 The Initial Plan for STDB
3.4.2 STDB Performance to Date
4. Firm Level Utilization of S&T Services
4.1 An Overview
4.2 Firm Level Utilization of External S&T Services
4.2.1 Testing Services
4.2.2 Calibration Services
4.2.3 Consultancy Services4.3 Firm Level Utilization of Internal Services
4.4 Firm Level Utilization of Information Services
4.5 S&T Services and Opportunities Lost
4.5.1 Economic Loss
4.5.2 Technology and Know-How
4.5.3 New Adaptation and Innovation4.6 Conclusions
5. Firm Level Interactions with RD&E Institutions
5.1 An Analysis of Level of Interaction between Producing Firms and RD&E Institution
5.2 Models for Absence of or Little Cooperation with RD&E Institutions
5.3 Models for Close Cooperation with RD&E Institutions
5.4 Lessons Learned
6. Human Capital Formation and Educational Institutions
6.1 Internal Human Resource Development Programs
6.2 Recruitment Methods
6.3 Interactions with Formal Education Institutions
6.4 Interactions with Non-Formal Educational Institutions
6.5 An Evaluation
7. Constraints and Possible Roles of S&T Infrastructure
7.1 S&T Services
7.1.1 Testing Services
7.1.2 Information Services
7.1.3 Consultancy Services7.2 RD&E Infrastructure
7.2.1 Establish and Institutionalize Linkages between University Research Laboratories and Producing Firms
7.2.2 Utilization of Research Results
7.2.3 Collaborative Research7.3 S&T Education and Training
8. Policy Recommendations
8.1 S&T Services
8.2 S&T Infrastructure
8.3 S&T Education and Training
8.4 Recommendations on the Role of the STDB
8.4.1 Industrial Support Activities
8.4.2 Research and Development
8.4.3 Scholarships and Training
8.4.4 Policy Studies