03317nas|a2200397 i 4500 20260817161502.0 121095s1982 th uu m rtt 00| a1eng d .b10053426 AIT SSPR no. IE-82-04 Hugue, Asma Jahan Activities of Japanese general trading companies in the ASEAN countries : case study of Thailand Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1982 1 v. (various pagings) Special studies project report ; no. IE-82-04 A special study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology Special Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1982 TC) are business organizations unique to Japan. Many of the existing major general trading companies originated from trading firms which specialilsed in textiles or steel and have reached their present status of gigantic conglomerates through a series of expansions effected through realignment, incorporation or amalgamation with other firms. The history of development, functions performed and the global activities of the Japanese general trading companies have been looked into in this study. In this aspect their worldwide activities, with emphasis on ASEAN countries and the strengths and weaknesses of these organizations have been examined. In general, the Japanese GTCs' performances have been very impressive, which encouraged other countries to emulate them. In the developing countries, another reason for establishing their own general trading companies have been to try to avoid over reliance on the Japanese GTC. Thailand is a case in point. Thailand' s experience and lessons on trying to develop own general trading companies, which can be examples for other developing countries was examined. The relevance of this kind indigenous trading companies depend on the prevailing industrial, economic and financial infrastructure, The newly industrializing developing countries can use their own general trading companies for expanding their export orientation and market power, for which the development of infrastructure will be a prerequisite. Business enterprises, Foreign Thailand Business enterprises Japan Tang, John C.S., Chairperson Saeed, Khalid, Examination Committee Fujiwara, Okitsugu, Examination Committee Federal Republic of Germany, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Special studies project report ; no. IE-82-04 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B21099 .b10053426 mnait y 240814 4 951012 m a y 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120567911 CREATED : 2013-10-06 RECORD # : i12730713 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120346365 CREATED : 2016-06-17 RECORD # : i13043377 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 1475 1475 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT SSPR no. IE-82-04 30050120567911 2026-08-17 16:15:02 5 2026-08-17 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT SSPR no. IE-82-04 30050120346365 2026-08-17 16:15:02 1 2026-08-17 40