Industry-academe linkages in the Philippines: Embedding foreign investors, capturing institutions?

Kleibert, Jana M.

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.12.003

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“…Expansion via acquisition is a key part of corporate globalization. A second strategy consists of relocating manufacturing plants and service centers to countries with lower labor costs (Kleibert, 2015). A third strategy consists of opening sales offices in new countries, thus strengthening commercial linkages between cities.…”

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Permanence of economic potential of cities based on sector development

Raźniak¹,

Dorocki²,

Winiarczyk-Raźniak³

2017

Chin. Geogr. Sci.

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The paper attempts to answer the following key question: how will a city′s world rank change in the face of crisis in its main economic sector? Crisis is defined here as a decline in financial performance in the given sector, which leads to the decline of its constituent firms and corporations on the world economic scene. The World Economic Center Index (WECI) has been created in order to rank cities based on the value of their resident corporations by sector and show their level of stability upon the removal of the most important sector. This provides information on the potential of each analyzed city as well as on its advanced features or area of specialization. Research has shown that nearly half the World Economic Centers are dominated by the financial and materials sectors of the economy. Different sectors dominate different regions of the world. For example, consumer staples and materials were dominant in North America, while information technology and financials were dominant in Europe. In Asia, several sectors tend to dominate the economy. Research has shown that the ability of a principal economic sector to resist economic crisis largely depends on the strength of the command and control function of a city. Finally, a high globalization level of a city is a key determinant of its susceptibility to economic crisis.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Permanence of economic potential of cities based on sector development

Raźniak¹,

Dorocki²,

Winiarczyk-Raźniak³

2017

Chin. Geogr. Sci.

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“…The main policy responses, then, were modifications of existing policies (enabling FDI, advocating export-oriented development and providing incentives through special economic zones) that had been devised for export-oriented manufacturing now adapted to services. Later, the government, together with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), supported the sector in two ways: first, through sector-specific education initiatives, in particular, by financing scholarships for post-graduate vocational training, so-called 'near-hire-training', of more than 65,000 individuals for job-market entry in lower-skilled call centre jobs (Kleibert 2015); and second, through branding and selling the country and the 'Filipino worker' abroad, rather than particular firms, as 'national champions'. Both strategies were largely adapted from the remittance-based long-term economic labour export strategy of the Philippines (Rodriguez 2010).…”

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Capturing Value amidst Constant Global Restructuring? Information-Technology-Enabled Services in India, the Philippines and Kenya

Kleibert

Mann

2020

Eur J Dev Res

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Information-technology-enabled services (ITES) has become a sector of promise for many low-and middle-income economies seeking to leapfrog industrialization and build knowledge-intensive economies. Yet as a sector defined by accelerating processes of commodification and skill elimination, its long-term developmental promise must be carefully scrutinised. Analysing the development of the sector in India, the Philippines and Kenya the paper reveals both the contextual nature of past successful ITES policies and their developmental vulnerabilities. Drawing on literature on industrial policies and global value chains and production networks, the paper critiques the existing policy approaches by arguing that they are largely focussed on enabling value and employment creation and that they pay insufficient attention to questions of value capture and long-term socio-economic transformation. RésuméLes services axés sur l'information et la technologie (ITES) sont devenus un secteur prometteur pour de nombreuses économies à revenu faible ou intermédiaire qui cherchent à sauter la case industrialisation pour construire des économies à forte intensité de connaissances. Nos analyses du développement du secteur ITES en Inde, aux Philippines et au Kenya révèlent à la fois la nature contextuelle des politiques ITES réussies par le passé et les vulnérabilités du développement. Nous montrons

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“…A number of studies drew attention to processes outside TE that contributed to the misconnection of graduate knowledge with development outcomes. For example, Kleibert (2015) reported how large foreign investors employed university graduates in low skill work in the Philippines. Islam et al (2019) reported in Bangladesh how gender relationships made it difficult for female graduate entrepreneurs to put their skills into action.…”

Section: Tertiary Education and The Implementation Of The Sdgs: Undermentioning

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Unaligned connections or enlarging engagements? Tertiary education in developing countries and the implementation of the SDGs

Unterhalter

Howell

2020

High Educ

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Given that tertiary education (TE) is a sector often associated with exclusion, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where only a small proportion of the population gain access, how well placed is this sector to support the implementation of the SDGs? This article extends our reflections from a recent rigorous review of literature, published from 2010, which looked at the role of tertiary education in low- and lower-middle-income countries. The review noted the sparse literature on a range of development outcomes, with limited attention to some of the key themes of inclusion and sustainability associated with the SDGs. Many studies report on some form of limited connection between TE and development outcomes, also drawing attention to contextual conditions beyond TE that contribute to this. The article considers the reasons for these findings, and some of the difficulties of forming conclusions on a still limited base of research evidence. A second theme in the literature reviewed highlights that where TE establishes partnerships, engagements or cross-institutional alliances, joint and valuable learning in support of the SDGs ensues, enhancing practice and building institutions. Some of the implications of these findings for the positioning of TE in developing countries in the wake of COVID-19 are considered.

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Industry-academe linkages in the Philippines: Embedding foreign investors, capturing institutions?

Cited by 17 publications

References 48 publications

Permanence of economic potential of cities based on sector development

Permanence of economic potential of cities based on sector development

Capturing Value amidst Constant Global Restructuring? Information-Technology-Enabled Services in India, the Philippines and Kenya

Unaligned connections or enlarging engagements? Tertiary education in developing countries and the implementation of the SDGs

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