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Posted by m beduya on November 12, 2010 · 6 Comments
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is the only example I know of a continuing triumph from one of the emerging markets that resulted to global leadership via government-private sectoral innovation systems among ASEAN countries. Philippines back story. Sadly, for the Philippines, Malaysia’s continuing success in implementing growth in total area planted to oil palm [...]
Filed under Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Discovering economic locomotives and attaining competitiveness through modern industrial policy, Geographic Clusters - ASEAN, Sectors, Regions and Cities, National Innovation Systems · Tagged with ASEAN, co-evolution, coconut oil, emerging markets, industry clusters, innovation systems, Malaysia, palm kernel oil, palm oil, Philippines, productivity, Sectoral innovation systems
Posted by m beduya on July 26, 2009 · 4 Comments
Singapore and Hongkong are cities that happen to be run successfully as national economic units. Jane Jacobs who wrote the book “Cities and the Wealth of Nations” argues that the correct approach to national development is to look at nations as a portfolio of cities rather than the unitary state representing the whole nation. A [...]
Posted by m beduya on July 19, 2009 · 9 Comments
Hongkong and Singapore are latecomer nations, in fact city-states, who were similar in many ways but took different paths toward their present developed status. As cities, they are a special case of industry clusters; as nations, these cities can be special cases to study from for the Philippines. For this paper A tale of two [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Discovering economic locomotives and attaining competitiveness through modern industrial policy, Geographic Clusters - ASEAN, Sectors, Regions and Cities · Tagged with ASEAN, Caesar Cororaton, emerging markets, endogenous technological change, factor accumulation, Hongkong, increasing returns, industry clusters, Jane Jacobs, Paul Krugman, Paul Romer, Singapore, total factor productivity
Posted by m beduya on March 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Against all odds, there are inspiring efforts to raise Total Factor Productivity via industry clustering in the Philippines. Former DOST Secretary CL Follosco has been the tireless initiator and prime mover of such community organizing efforts. The book reports on the successes and lessons. It is published by the Export Development Council (EDC) with USAID [...]
