Manufacturing - Matches

For the past two decades, the Philippine manufacturing sector has failed to generate sustained growth and employment for the economy. This can be attr..

Regional economic integration in East Asia is characterized initially as a market-driven process of increased trade and foreign direct investment (FDI..

As the Philippines continues to promote foreign investment and plays host to multinational corporation (MNC) affiliates, are there any significant pos..

The paper aims to complement the findings of studies on regional and industrial concentration in Indonesia`s manufacturing industry by exploring wheth..

Firm entry and exit play a crucial role in spurring a reallocation of resources across firms as tariffs are reduced. In the light of the substantial t..

What is the impact of the removal of barriers to trade on the firms` innovative activities? Does the increase in competition arising from trade reform..

Regional production networks and local production linkages are important not only for the generation of industrial activity through investment flows b..

The recent trade and productivity literature shows that trade liberalization can lead to productivity gains through increased competition and exit of ..

With the services sector outpacing the Philippines' manufacturing sector in terms of growth and contribution to the country's gross domestic product (..

Is a breakthrough in the horizon for the Philippine economy in 2007? Dr. Josef Yap, PIDS' president and economic seer, poses this important question f..

Globalization and pressure from increased competition have led to “splintering” of in-house services from formerly integrated manufacturing firms ..

What awaits the Philippines this year? For the past years, Dr. Josef Yap has written fearless forecasts for the country and discussed the various issu..

This article talks about two top Philippine export industries and their use of a "common" factor input--unskilled labor--as they work to occupy the to..

This book is a compilation of four studies funded by the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN) under its Thesis and Dissertation Assistance Pro..

After more than three decades of protectionism, the Philippines is now shifting toward a more open economy through liberalization, deregulation, and p..