This report was prepared by the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, at the request of the Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion (OSMEP) of the Government of Thailand. The project forms part of the OECD Thailand Country Programme and supports the activities of the OECD Local Employment and Economic Development Committee on local clusters, industrial transition and emerging industries and the OECD Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial ecosystems and the spatial dimension of entrepreneurship performance.
The project was led by Dr. Jonathan Potter, Head of the Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit, CFE, OECD, who also edited the report. The report was drafted by the following team: Thanchanok Suwanprasert and Wichai Limpitikranon (Kenan Foundation Asia – focus on the regional economy), Helen Lawton Smith (Birkbeck, University of London – focus on the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem), Lois Stevenson (consultant, Canada – focus on business development services), Dimitris Assimakopoulos (EM Lyon, France – focus on foreign direct investment and SME linkages) and Bjorn Asheim (University of Stavanger, Norway – focus on clusters and new path development).
Project co-ordination support and report comments were provided by Wimonkan Kosumas, Wittawat Lamsam, Vorapoj Prasanpanich, and Wipasirin Wisuthakul of the OSMEP, Thailand. Many other individuals and organisations in Thailand provided important information and comments for the report. A wide range of stakeholders participated in meetings with the OECD review panel during an OECD study mission to Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in July 2019. Several ministries and government ministries provided comments on the draft report.
Comments were also provided by Karen Maguire, Head of the Local Employment and Social Innovation Division at OECD CFE.