Manufacturing - Matches

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 ..

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

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..

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..

Competition policy is integral to the process of liberalization of international trade regime and deregulation in domestic markets. This paper shows t..

With the onset of globalization, nations are compelled to increase more the level of their competitiveness in the international market. The success of..

This study examines the impacts of the Southeast Asian financial crisis that struck in July 1997 on the Philippine industries and their responses to s..

The East Asian miracle of the 1960s up to the mid 1990s and the East Asian debacle in 1997 put into perspective two crucial factors that affect sustai..