Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to 1) study the corporategovernance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to log in the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI). And 2) develop tools to evaluate the corporate governance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to log in the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI). The data were collected from the focus groups of 8 professionals in the stock market, law, management of small and medium enterprises, finance and accounting; the chief executives from 248companies listed on the stock exchange and 7 experienced professionals in the stock market, law, management and/or executive establishments /companies listed on the stock exchange. The statistical device included Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, the confirmatory factor analysis measuring parameters of each model, analysis of therelationships and testing hypotheses by analyzing the causal model using LISREL. The analysis results onthe corporate governance model of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to log in the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) were agreed and included many factors as follows: Good governance and ethics in business of listed companies, accounting professions, property treasury, and financial advisory firms; Terms and conditions in financial reports; Overviews and Regulations of The Stock of Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI); Crowd funding; Public offerings; Public capital reports; Filing; Required documents for MAI application; and Capital public report submission. For the second model, the corporate governance and ethics in the conduct of its business wereassociated with entry into the Market for Alternative Investment and correlated with more independent variables (PESCTLEN). Compared to the result in the second model, the entry into the Market for Alternative Investment had more effect in the relationship with the independent variables (PESCTLEN). Thus, the researchers chose the second model by testing. According to the preliminary agreement, it showedthat the second model was tested according to the criteria before adjustment without repeatability. The analysis results of the corporate governance model of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to log in the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) towards the expertsopinion were agreed in the second model. Likewise, the second model has been conducted as a handbook and evaluation of readiness of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to log in the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI). The evaluation of experts opinionson the corporate governance self-assessment of readiness to enter the Stock Exchange of Thailand was also agreed.