- BIO representatives have touched upon ---- health business with more than 10% foreign share composed of 12 retirement homes, 5 rehab centers, 9 hospitals, at moment no more BOI promotion for hospitals
- impact of FDI on business ----- Thailand not a lot of information, on overall picture, influencing factors are the policies which facilitate foreign investment, these are for example Foreign Business Act 1999, Investment Promotion Act 1977 which was amended in 1991 and 2001.
- Policy factors and economic factors, whether it be human resources and market size especially in nursing home facilities because there is an increased market for both thai and foreign retirees
- foreign factors
- other impact in literature review- health business may fill gap that exists in country but don’t have research to prove if only respond to foreign supply and demand or help country, no numbers in technology transfer, FDI may increase commercialization of health services, and commodification of health services but in order to address this issue it depends on host country abilities to handle FDI in literature, power in national regulatory system, and handle and mitigate impacts of FDI ability
- limitations of study, data only from registered health business with foreign investment, these do not include big health business chains
- lack of literature
- purposes further studies to identify influencing factors and future trends and possible impacts of FRI in health businesses in Thailand in addition to FDI vs health business in the stock exchange.