Abstract:
This study aimed to studied structural factors affected to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses, to developed structural equation model of logistics management affected to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses, and to studied the effect of information technology and system using, government supporting and relationship between trading partners to logistics management affected to competitiveness and Chiang Rais trans-border businesses. The population and sample were 295 of administrators and staff of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses. The data were collected by questionnaires on stratified and systematic random sampling, analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation model analysis. The results were as follow:
The structural factors affected to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses are logistics management performance, competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses, using of information technology and system, government supporting and relationship between partners. The result of second order confirmatory analysis of all factors found that the performance model was consistent with the empirical data and able to use in Structural Equation Model and the model has construct validity and was consistent with the empirical data.
The result also found that; there are positive direct effect from logistics management performance, relationship between partners, using of information technology and system and government supporting to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses.
In addition, there is positive indirect effect form logistics management performance to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses through relationship between partners.
There is positive indirect effect form using of information technology and system to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses through logistics management performance and relationship between partners.
There is positive indirect effect form government supporting to competitiveness of Chiang Rais trans-border businesses through logistics management performance