The Industrial Sector Participation in Global Value Chains for Sustainable Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

Charoenrat, Teerawat; Pholphirul, Piriya

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“…Third, community enterprises play a prominent role, particularly in developing countries that have experienced a high degree of poverty and inequality. Helping local business foster social connectivity will be an important strategy to promote innovation, create jobs and reduce poverty and inequality (Charoenrat and Pholphirul, 2022).…”

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Social network analysis and network centrality in community enterprises: evidence from One Tambon One Product entrepreneurship program in border Thailand

Pholphirul

Kwanyou²,

Rukumnuaykit³

et al. 2023

JEEE

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Purpose This study aims to analyze social networking and network centrality in the case of community enterprises, which the existing literature has not addressed. To do so, the authors use the survey of community enterprises from the One Tambon One Product (OTOP) entrepreneurship program of Nong Khai border province in Thailand as a case study. Design/methodology/approach Social network analysis (SNA) is a tool to study and understand the relationship patterns of units of analysis, which can be individual, household, community or production units, and how those units interact through social or economic activities. Network positions are important when identifying the centralization of links in a particular network. If a representative is close to the center of a network, it is possible that the production unit will be able to contact or coordinate with a greater number of other members of the cluster, create knowledge sharing, promote collaboration and then typically demonstrate greater performance. Findings The results show that overall, local government agencies play a critical role in the community enterprise relationship network, while private entities are the least active group. Enterprises in partnerships with external agencies are mostly cooperating with branding and marketing dimensions, followed by the design dimension. There is no cooperation regarding production and distribution. Most community enterprises have established at least a one-dimensional network of cooperation with external agencies; only five community enterprises have isolated nodes with no partnerships having been created within this group. Research limitations/implications The study was limited by the surveys having been conducted in a single area and, therefore, can be used only as a case study for this area. Surveys in larger group sizes and in a wider range of areas would lead to results with greater applicability and reliability. Practical implications These results bring to mind policy proposals to increase the competitiveness of community enterprises through the development of social networks as follows: firstly, knowledge should be created with community enterprise operators to understand their supply chains and analyze the strengths and weaknesses and core competencies of their enterprises; and secondly, enterprises should be educated about which agencies can assist businesses at each stage in the value chain system and encouraged to ask for help in adding value at each stage of production. Social implications A “OTOP to Business Networking” platform for community and private enterprises should be created with projects/activities that offer venues to exchange business learning and opportunities. Holding meetings among people in a variety of business sectors may help inspire entrepreneurs to innovate to further their businesses, which can lead to networking businesses conducting activities across community enterprises and the private sector for the mutual benefit of producing merchandise for large customers and markets. Learning systems, production techniques and cooperation should be created, as well as opportunities to increase market share and profitability, if this platform is successful. Originality/value This paper is the first study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to utilize SNA to examine the use of social networking among community enterprises participating in Thailand’s OTOP entrepreneurship program in Nong Khai province. The results show that overall, local government agencies play a critical role in the community enterprise relationship network, while private entities are the least active group. Therefore, the government can play an important role in helping to develop a network of community enterprises with external entities at each stage of the value chain to enhance the competitiveness of each enterprise.

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Social network analysis and network centrality in community enterprises: evidence from One Tambon One Product entrepreneurship program in border Thailand

Pholphirul

Kwanyou²,

Rukumnuaykit³

et al. 2023

JEEE

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“…Third, community enterprises play a prominent role, especially in developing countries (more than in developed countries) that have experienced high degree of poverty and inequality. Enhancing local business performance towards global value chain will be an important strategy to promote sustainable development through increasing employment, reducing poverty and inequality, and fostering innovation (Charoenrat & Pholphirul, 2020) Therefore, this research project aims to test the smiling curve concept in community enterprises in a developing country by using the community enterprises from the One Tambon One Product (OTOP) entrepreneurship programme in the Nong Khai border province in Thailand as a case study.…”

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Measuring Smiling Curves in Community Enterprises: Evidence from the One Tambon One Product Entrepreneurship Programme in Border Thailand

Pholphirul

Charoenrat

Kwanyou

et al. 2020

Global Business Review

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Stan Shih’s smiling curve concept has been applied for use in describing manufacturing industries of various sizes around the world; yet, no studies, so far, have ever been undertaken using small enterprises, like community enterprises. The objective of this article is to explain the use of the smiling curve concept in community enterprises in Thailand as a case study. From a survey of 101 community enterprises under the One Tambon One Product (OTOP) entrepreneurship programme in a border province of Thailand, it was found that the smiling curve concept can also be applied in the case of community businesses. Emphasizing the importance of upstream activities, like applying concepts of creativity and research and development in production as well as focusing on downstream activities such as marketing, sales promotion and branding strategies are found to enhance business performance (profit) of those community enterprises. Therefore, the relevant government agencies or business sectors should step in to provide support and collaborative assistance by focusing on both activities (upstream activities and downstream activities) to add value to community products and make community businesses more competitive in both national and international markets.

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“…Agricultural exports are seen as a sector with the ability to combine growth with equity or quality increment (Ariesha et al, 2019). The synergy between countries in producing products with high economic value shows the integration of trade between them, and this is known as the Global Value Chain (GVC) (Charoenrat and Pholphirul, 2020). This causes the improvement of the production process of an item.…”

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Behavior and Marketing Analysis of Pepper (Piper nigrum L.): A Comparative Study of Farmers, Trading Districts and Retailers in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Zarliani

Muzuna²,

Sugianto³

2022

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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Inefficient marketing and low production are the main obstacles in the selling of pepper and they also cause a low bargaining position for farmers in the market. Therefore, this study aims to determine the market behavior activities carried out to determine prices, as well as analyze marketing channels, profits received by participants and efficiency. Samples used in this study were 27 farmers, 4 trading districts, and 3 respondent retailers. The qualitative analysis was used to analyze the pattern of channels, the functions performed by associated agencies and the market behavior of the pepper commodity. Quantitative analysis was also carried out to evaluate the marketing margins, costs incurred by traders, profits received and efficiency. The results show that the selling price of pepper was determined by the merchant, with different payment systems including cash, initial deposit, and balance through oral cooperation in the form of an agreement on a place of sales, followed by the provision of capital to farmers. In the marketing process, 4 patterns of channels were formed, which include local markets and others outside the regency, and their efficiencies were above 50%. These results show that government need to provide pepper markets outside the province to improve the welfare of farmers and ensure they don't depend only on the local marketplace during harvest.

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The Industrial Sector Participation in Global Value Chains for Sustainable Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Social network analysis and network centrality in community enterprises: evidence from One Tambon One Product entrepreneurship program in border Thailand

Social network analysis and network centrality in community enterprises: evidence from One Tambon One Product entrepreneurship program in border Thailand

Measuring Smiling Curves in Community Enterprises: Evidence from the One Tambon One Product Entrepreneurship Programme in Border Thailand

Behavior and Marketing Analysis of Pepper (Piper nigrum L.): A Comparative Study of Farmers, Trading Districts and Retailers in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

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