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Table of contents
Foreword 2 About the British Council
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About UNESCAP 4 About Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
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About Social Enterprise Thailand
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About Social Enterprise UK
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Acknowledgements
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Table of contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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Acronyms
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Executive summary
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1. Introduction
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2. Methodology 18 2.1 Research overview 2.2 Classifying social enterprises
2.3 Estimated number of social enterprises in Thailand
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3. Overview: country context and existing research on social enterprise 21 3.1 Country overview 3.2 History of social enterprise in Thailand
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3.3 Social enterprise policy review 23 3.3.1 Legislation and policies relevant to social enterprise 23 3.3.2 Government agencies 24 3.3.3 List of leading players in the social enterprise ecosystem 25 3.4 Existing research on social enterprise in Thailand 30
4. Survey findings
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4.1 General information 31 4.1.1 Overall objectives 31 4.1.2 Year of establishment 32 4.1.3 Scale of operation 32 4.1.4 Location 33 4.2 Operation 34 4.2.1 Sector 34 4.2.2 Legal entity 36 4.2.3 Registered social enterprises 37 4.2.4 Subsidiaries 38 4.3 Personnel 39 4.3.1 Gender of CEO/MD 39 4.3.2 Leadership age 41 4.3.3 Level of education of CEO/MD 42
