The Study of Factors Affecting Location Selection According to the Opinions of Entrepreneurs of Medium-Sized Manufacturing Industries In the Upper Northeastern Region 1
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This research aims to study (1) personal factors of medium industrial enterprises' owners in the upper northeastern region1, (2) factors in choosing location of medium industrial enterprises' owners in the upper northeastern region1, (3) comparison factors in choosing locations of medium industrial enterprises' owners in the upper northeastern region1relating to gender, age, marital status, family roles, and education levels. The samples in the study included 400 medium-sized enterprises' owners inthe upper northeastern region 1. The questionnaire was adopted to collect data in five areas: environmental factors, state and local policy factors, market factors, and transportation factors.The instruments used was a 5-rating scale questionnaire whose items of factors reliability coefficient was 0.87, 0.80, 0.83, 0.97, 0.91. Statistics used in data analysis including percentage, mean, standard deviation. The analysis of variance and t-test F-test (ANOVA) .
The results showed that : (1) the majority of medium-sized industrial enterprises' owners was male, age 31-40 with bachelor degree. (2) the factors to consider when the owners choose their locations were environmental factors, the government and local authorities policy, the labor factors, and market factors, and transportation factors, and (3) different age, opinions on environmental factors Government and local government policy factors And labor factors are no different Except for marketing factors and transportation factors that found differences Different educational levels have opinions on environmental factors.Government and local government policy factors Labor factors and transport factors are not different except for the different marketing aspects, while gender, status and roles in different families have opinions on environmental factors Government and local government policy factors Labor factors Marketing factors And transportation factors are no different.
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