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COMPENDIUM
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I.
General Considerations |
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Business
Climate
Competitive Advantages
Contracts and Business Activities
Courts and Judicial System
Culture, Customs and Traditions, The Arts
Demography
Diplomatic Relations
Directories
Economic Zones
Economy
Environment
Exchange Control
Expropriation, Nationalization, Confiscation
Financial System
Geography
Government Approvals/Permissions
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property Protection
International Organizations and Specialized Agencies
Investment Climate
Investment Promotion
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Joint
Ventures
Labor
Land
Languages
Legal Climate
Markets and Marketing
Moral Hazards
National Development Plans
Natural Resources
Neighboring Countries
Newly Agriculturalized Country (NAC) Status
Newly Industrialized Economies (NIE), Thai Style
Newly Industrialized Country (NIC), Thai Style
Political Stability
Quality of Life
Rule of Law
Taxation System
Tourism
Treaties and Their Effects
Underground Economy
Weather |
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II.
Structure and Location of the Enterprise |
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Agency
and Distributorships
Board of Investment (BOI)
Corporate Structure (Public/Private)
Countertrade/Barter
Customers
Data Processing Zone
Eastern Seaboard Development Projects
Export Processing Zones
Factories/Specialized Facilities
Franchising
Industrial Estates
Industrial Promotion
Joint Ventures
Juristic Persons
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Labor
Land
Maps and Coastal Charts
Parent Company Liability
Partnerships
Ports
Private Limited Company
Public Limited Company (Listed Company)
Real Estate Development
Southern Seaboard Development Projects
Town Planning
Treaties
Zoning |
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III.
Operating the Enterprise |
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Advertising
and Promotion
Air Transport
Alien Business Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anti-Dumping Laws
Anti-Profiteering/Price Control Laws
Anti-Trust Laws
Attorneys
Audit Committee
Auditors
Automobiles/Trucks/Offroad Vehicles
Bribery
Buildings
Bureaucracy
Business Ethics/Codes
Business Organizations
Business Practices
Business Support Services
Carriage of Goods and Passengers
Carriers
Civic Responsibilities/Involvement of Commercial
Enterprises
Claims and Litigation
Collection of Indebtedness
Commercial Registration
Communications
Computer Information Transactions
Confidentiality
Construction
Consumer Protection Laws
Contracts
Copyrights
Corporate Governance
Corruption
Counterfeit Goods
Couriers
Courts and Judicial System
Cross Cultural Issues
Customs
Directors' and Officers' Liability
Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance
Directors' and Officers' Responsibilities
Electronic Commerce
Embassies/Consulates
Employer-Employee Relations
Employment Agencies/Executive Search Firms
Energy
Environmental Protection/Conservation
Expediters/Consultants/Fixers/Compradores/
Go-Betweens
Export Promotion
Feasibility Studies
Financial Reporting
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
Good Corporate Governance
Government
Approvals/Permissions
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Hire-Purchase
Human Resources/Manpower
Imports
Industrial Standards
Infrastructure
Insurance
Intellectual Property
ISO 9000
Kickbacks
Labor
Land
Land Transport
Language
Lawyers
Leasing
Legal System
Licenses/Permits
Marketing
Non-Tariff Barriers
Parent Company Liability
Patents
Pension Funds
Political Risk Insurance
Pollution
Ports
Price Controls
Product Licensing/Registration
Safety Standards
Sale of Goods
Service Marks
Shipping
Skytrain
Smuggling
Social Security
State Enterprises
Statistics
Subway
Taxation
Technology Transfer/Technology Acquisition
Telecommunications
Toxic and Hazardous Substances
Trade Associations, Chambers of Commerce,
Business Councils
Trade Regulations
Trademarks
Trade Names
Training
Transborder Data Flow
Transportation
Unfair Competition
Unfair Trade Practices
Unions
Warehouses
Water
Weights and Measures
Work Rules
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IV.
Financial Considerations |
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Accounting
and Auditing
Banking and Financial Facilities
Capital Financial Markets
Collateral/Security
Credit Cards/Charge Cards
Credit Checking
Dividends
Documentary Credits
Exchange Control
Financial Services
Foreign Investment
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Insurance
Interest Rates
Money Laundering Regulations
Repatriation
Royalties/Franchise/Dividends/Profits
Secured Transactions
Stock Exchange (Securities Exchange of
Thailand - SET)
Taxation
Venture Capital |
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V.
Legal Considerations |
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Administrative
Regulations
Alien Business Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anti-Dumping Laws
Anti-Profiteering/Price Control Laws
Anti-Trust Laws
Arbitration
Attorneys
Bankruptcy
Bribery
Civil Law vs Common Law
Collection of Indebtedness
Conflict of Laws
Consumer Protection
Contracts
Copyrights
Courts and Judicial System
Customs
Debt Restructuring
Directors' and Officers' Liability
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Directors'
and Officers' Liability Insurance
Directors' and Officers' Responsibilities
Environmental Protection/Conservation
Intellectual Property
Judgments
Labor Laws
Licenses/Permits
Litigation
Patents
Pollution Liability
Power of Attorney
Product Registration
Property Rights of Aliens
Rule of Law
Secrecy and Non-Competition Agreements
Taxation
Torts/Wrongful Acts
Treaties and Their Effects
Unfair Trade Practices |
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VI.
Governmental and Political Considerations |
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ASEAN/AFTA/APEC
Bureaucracy
Business Regulations
City Government
Commercial Registration
Construction
Corruption
Coup d'Etat
Customs
Elections
Embassies/Consulates/Commercial
Counselors and Trade
Commissioners
Environmental Protection/Conservation
Export Promotion
Food and Drug Administration
Foreign Trade Regulations
Governance
Government
Human Resources
Intellectual Property
International Relations and Foreign Influences
Investment Regulations
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Licenses/Permits
Military
Municipalities
National Security
Natural Resources
Non-Governmental Organizations
Non-Tariff Barriers
Nuclear Capability
Parliament
Patronage
Political Risk Insurance
Political Stability
Population Planning/Control
Privatization
Product Licensing/Registration
Quotas
State Enterprises
Terrorism
Town Planning
Transparency
Treaties and Their Effects |
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VII.
Social and Cultural Considerations |
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Associations
Charities and "Charities"
Corruption
Cost of Living
Cross Cultural Issues
Customs and Traditions
Education
Embassies/Consulates
Environmental Protection/Conservation
Foundations
History
Lottery
Medical Facilities
National Consciousness
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New Social Order Crusade
Non-Governmental Organizations
Parks
Personal Matters
Personal Safety
Population Planning/Control
Quality of Life
Religion
Role of the Monarchy
Schools for Expatriate Children
Social Classes
Sports
Substance Abuse
"The Thai Way"
Women |
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VIII.
Expatriate Employees of the Enterprise |
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Accommodations
Automobiles/Trucks/Offroad Vehicles
Condominiums
Cost of Living
Crime and Security
Cross-Cultural Awareness
Domestic Servants
Drivers Licenses
Education
Employer-Employee Relations
Employment Contracts
Expatriate Permits
Foreign Court Judgments
Health and Medical Facilities
Housing
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Immigration and Nationality
Land/Condominium Ownership
Language Training
Marriage/Divorce
Property Rights of Aliens
Quality of Life
Schools for Expatriate Children
Sports (Golf/Tennis/Water/Fishing/Squash/
Badminton, etc.)
Tourism/Spas/Ecotourism
Traffic
Visas
Volunteer Services/Charities
Work Permits and Other Restrictions on Freedom
of Movement, Residence and Work |
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