In this paper, results of the 2009 Survey of Innovation Activities are described and discussed. The term innovation … goods and services, production process, marketing, or organizational methods in a firm. Innovation data gathered in the … survey help better understand innovation and its relation to economic growth, and provide indicators for benchmarking …

competition arising from trade reforms lead to increases in innovation? This paper attempts to examine the link between trade … liberalization and innovation using firm panel data on the Philippine manufacturing industry. With the framework of Impulliti and … Licandro (2009, 2010) as guide, a two-stage approach is tested where trade and innovation are linked via competition. A …

for industrial upgrading and innovation. Both are present in the case study area of CALABARZON in the Philippines but the … suggestions were provided to strengthen the linkages that remain to be wanting but are important for stimulating innovation. …

the first set of factors relate to the home country. A survey of firms operating in the Philippines was conducted to … determine which factors are deemed important and areas where the Philippines is deemed inadequate. The findings have important … encourage firms to locate in the Philippines are: (i) good quality of education; and (ii) protection of intellectual property …

understand the challenges being faced by the automotive assemblers, as well as parts and components manufacturers, the innovation …

The participation of the Philippines in the global production network of multinational electronic companies has …