This study examines a group of SMEs operating in the same industrial sector but with policies, strategies, and practices that differ significantly. An integrated framework is presented whose predictor variables comprise the Strategic Orientations of Business Enterprise (STROBE), structural...

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth and prosperity. There exists a strong empirical support to positive relationship between effort levels in R&D and productivity. The objective of...

This paper reviews the status of R&D in the Philippine fisheries sector and identifies the problems it is facing. It finds that fisheries R&D is generally ineffective as it is beset by many institutional, capability and management problems. The paper suggests certain concrete actions which need...

With the onset of globalization, nations are compelled to increase more the level of their competitiveness in the international market. The success of Asian tiger economies such as Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea has been attributed to their heavy investment in research and development....

This paper starts off with a review and evaluation of publicly funded agro research and development. It also discusses the role of public and private sectors in the management of research institutions. In addition, it identifies public research programs on specific agricultural commodities that...

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth and prosperity. There exists a strong empirical support to positive relationship between effort levels in R&D and productivity. The objective of...

This paper starts off with a review and evaluation of publicly funded agro research and development. It also discusses the role of public and private sectors in the management of research institutions. In addition, it identifies public research programs on specific agricultural commodities that...

Central to this study is the question of how benefits and costs from using a potentially renewable resource such as forests could be optimized for Philippine economic growth. This issue is better understood through a study of policies affecting forest management and their impact on physical...

This paper is part of the project “A Review of the Components of the Medium-Term National Action Agenda for Productivity (MNAAP)” by the Philippine Institute of Development Studies and the Development Academy of the Philippines. It summarizes the findings in the different components of...