This study identifies the factors influencing household choice of coping strategy to an extreme flood event in Marikina City in the national capital region of the Philippines, as well as household recovery after the event, measured in terms of the length of time repair, rebuild, or replace...

To address the problem of air pollution in Metro Manila, the study proposes a jeepney buy-back program through which the current fleet of diesel jeepneys would be replaced with zero-emission electric vehicles. Households are made to pay for the program through a surcharge on top of their monthly...

This study identifies the factors influencing household choice of coping strategy to an extreme flood event in Marikina City in the national capital region of the Philippines, as well as household recovery after the event, measured in terms of the length of time repair, rebuild, or replace...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How do cooperative organizations perform when created by government fiat in an emerging market? Through the use of institutional and agency theory, this paper presents a comparative analysis of the efficiency of the...

Small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important in many developing countries, including the Philippines. However, this sector remains much less productive than their large counterparts. One factor that can help SMEs achieve higher productivity is internationalization by connecting them...

"With a population of about six hundred million people, and a combined GNP of more than US$ 2.4 trillion, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is set to become the seventh largest economy in the world. Launched in December 2015, the AEC unveiled initiatives to create a single market and production...