NDLI: Thai small and medium enterprises engagement in the emerging digital content and game industry

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Chooprayoon, Vasin Fung, Chun Che
Abstract	The digital content and game industry in Thailand is growing and maturing rapidly. The Thai government is playing an important role contributing to the development of the industry in both business and social sectors. With respect to the business sector, the contributions are offered in the forms of direct investment, business privileges related to business performance and relevant laws and regulations have been established. SMEs are supported and encouraged to enter into the industry. They are also assisted to make their presence known on the world market of game and animation. In addition, the Thai government is concerned with the social aspects. They have embraced projects to assess issues which impact the communities. The objective of this paper is to present an overview of the digital content and game industry in the context of Thailand. The paper covers the evolution of the industry, government support, education institutes involvement, SMEs' engagements and trends of the industry.
Starting Page	147
Ending Page	152
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781595937087
DOI	10.1145/1306813.1306845
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2007-09-19
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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Thai small and medium enterprises engagement in the emerging digital content and game industry