Impact Of Globalization On Thailand

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Introduction
In business competition, the world economy has been continuously developed and also influenced on the volume of international trade and financial transactions. One of the most critical issues affecting national economies is the process of globalization (Oknation.net, 2009). Globalization is an interaction of developing the global economy among all the countries of the world. It is basically the process of integration of national economies. (Webster, 2000) Thailand, a developing country, might be affected quite differently than other developed countries as well as other developing countries.
Thailand is one of the less developed countries (LDC) in this world. It was chosen for this study to examine the impact of globalisation …show more content…

This is said so as local firms are forced to close down when they are unable to compete with foreign companies. Many of the small and medium enterprise (SMEs) were not able to benefit from the changes brought about by globalisation. New local competitors may find significant barriers to entering the market. It also lead to 1997 Financial Crisis due to corrupt business culture as politician employing money politics through patron and client relationships to gain political power at the national level. [295]
Impacts on Thailand’s Environment
Globalisation in Thailand may lead to more environmental problems when environmental protection laws grossly inadequate to cope with rapid industrialization. Transnational Company may want to build factories because environmental laws and legal consequences for breaching the law are not as strict as they are at home and there are loopholes. This caused externality occurs as firms do not see management of waste as their priorities and harm the environment. Thailand had cut down more trees even rare species to make furniture so that they can sell the wood to the market with higher prices and export to the other countries which are highly demanded. Therefore illegal logging is getting severe year by …show more content…

(Rojanapanich, 2010) Thai society simultaneously receives advantages and disadvantages from globalization. This is said so as Thai teenagers impersonate different behaviours by copying Western cultures and apply them in their lives with styles of clothing and perceptions. For example, they believe in their own views, choose what they want to do and what they want to believe. On the positive side, the younger generation can be more independent and responsible by deciding things on themselves. In contrast, this may lead to them being less respectful to older people as some of them do not believe in older people’s opinions anymore. Thus, old traditional ways are changing because the new generation is no longer respect for the old

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