Learning and entrepreneurship in the furniture cluster in Metro Cebu, the Philippines.

Recent debates emphasise the role of knowledge absorption and learning processes as major factors in facilitating competitiveness for clusters of small enterprises in developing countries. This paper will focus on giving entrepreneurs a more central role in this debate using the furniture cluster in...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:International Development Planning Review Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 23 - 42
Autor principal: Beerepoot, Niels
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Liverpool University Press / Journals Feb2007
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=26399977&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 26399977
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        14746743
        HCC
      jtl: International Development Planning Review
      issn: 14746743
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Feb2007
      vid: 29
      iid: 1
      pid: 39786
      pub: Liverpool University Press / Journals
    artinfo:
      ui:
        26399977
        10.3828/idpr.29.1.2
      ppf: 23
      ppct: 19
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
            size: 139KB
      tig:
        atl: Learning and entrepreneurship in the furniture cluster in Metro Cebu, the Philippines.
      aug:
        au: Beerepoot, Niels
        affil: Researcher, AMIDSt- Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
      su:
        Entrepreneurship
        Businesspeople
        New business enterprises
        Developing countries
        Economic competition
        Learning ability
        Cebu Island (Philippines)
        Philippines
      sug:
        subj:
          Cebu Island (Philippines)
          Philippines
          Entrepreneurship
          Businesspeople
          New business enterprises
          Developing countries
          Economic competition
          Learning ability
      ab: Recent debates emphasise the role of knowledge absorption and learning processes as major factors in facilitating competitiveness for clusters of small enterprises in developing countries. This paper will focus on giving entrepreneurs a more central role in this debate using the furniture cluster in Metro Cebu, the Philippines as a case in point. Entrepreneurs are the most privileged group in the cluster in terms of access to knowledge. Much of the scope for learning processes in clusters depends on their capacity and willingness to invest in upgrading their companies. This paper analyses how entrepreneurs decide which channels to use for knowledge absorption. This paper contributes to the understanding of how entrepreneurial competence shapes learning processes in a developing country context.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of International Development Planning Review is published by Liverpool University Press, and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without Liverpool University Press's express written copyright permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: International Development Planning Review
      holder: Liverpool University Press / Journals
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2007
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N