This paper puts together the key results and insights of various papers written under the project "Study on Public and Private Expenditure on Research and Development (R&D)". It devotes a section that deals with the problem in the present context. In addition, it provides statistical information...

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...

This paper seeks to examine the various approaches to designing and evolving a technological strategy as an integral part of business study. Ideas of Porter, Dussauge, Noori and Maidique are synthesized, which, in turn, helps in analyzing how the private sector chooses its innovation. This...

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....

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...

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...

To speak of rethinking the mission of the agricultural support system is no easy task. It has already played crucial roles in Asia’s recent agricultural development. This paper is designed to determine the challenges to sustainable development and what poverty alleviation might mean for the...

The 1980s have seen the heavy emphasis on economic policymaking. As such, equal emphasis has also been bestowed to the substantial improvement on the principles of analysis and evaluation developed by economists and other social scientists. This article examines the differences between...

To speak of rethinking the mission of the agricultural support system is no easy task. It has already played crucial roles in Asia’s recent agricultural development. This paper is designed to determine the challenges to sustainable development and what poverty alleviation might mean for the...