Factors affecting business success of small & medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand

Asian Social Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 180-190

  Chittithaworn, Chuthamas ^a   Islam, Aminul ^a   Keawchana, Thiyada ^b   Yusuf, Dayang Hasliza Muhd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b Hatyai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Business success; External environment; Management know how; SMEs; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858189874     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v7n5p180     Document Type: Article

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