innovation behavior between the manufacturing and services sectors, for example, with respect to information sources and … entrepreneurship. The results of this paper reveal the importance of service innovation not only for the services sector but also for …

The PDP 2023-2028 recognizes innovation as one of the drivers of growth in the services sector, creating a strategic … pivot to new modes of service delivery to survive. It gives a more nuanced profile and innovation behaviors of services … firms and seeks to identify the effects and determinants of innovation across the services subsectors. Among the four types …

The paper looks at the role of services in the economy and discusses why competitive services are necessary for … achieving inclusive growth. An overview of Philippine services sectors is first presented highlighting their economic … contribution as well as performance. This is followed by a discussion of the country's record in services trade particularly in …

There is now broad consensus that the Philippines should aim to have a globally competitive services sector. Applying … strategy recognizing that it has an important albeit partial role in attaining the national vision for services. Moreover, it …

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure and services are necessary to spur economic growth … especially in the digital age. The comparative advantage enjoyed by the Philippines in specific ICT and ICT-enabled services … indicate the availability of competitive ICT to support services exports. ICT connectivity throughout the country needs to be …

Services are critical inputs in manufacturing production, and this is likely to intensify with the advent of new … services embodied in Philippine manufacturing exports is among the lowest in the region. Moreover, value added from "ICT … services" and "Other business services" seem inadequate compared to patterns observed in other countries, while the share of …

The services sector is composed of a diverse range of services from retail and business services to education and … health. Some services are used as inputs in production, while others have direct impacts on human capital development. In the … Philippines, services account for 60 percent of GDP and almost 57 percent of employment. Across regions and sub-sectors however …

APEC 2015 provides an opportunity for the Philippines to advance its economic interests in services and contribute to … then discusses the role of services in GVCs and proposes that further analytical work on services value chains in the Asia … participation and how APEC can create the appropriate policy environment conducive to the growth of services value chains. …