KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SERVICE Issue 1
January 09, 2015
Title
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SOCCSKSARGEN compendium of project briefs
Publisher
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Department of Trade and Industry. National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center. Region 12 General Santos City, 2013
Call Number :
45 608/08.09/PHIL/2013 A compilation of 230 business opportunities from 11 different industries that have ready markets in Region 12 or SOCCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City). It gives brief information on each project; its rationale, objectives, description, current market trends and opportunities, financial, cost and investment requirements, projected income as well as other information to help prospective entrepreneurs decide in which business to venture. 479 pages
Title
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Southeast Asia at the crossroads: three paths to prosperity
Publisher
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McKinsey Global Institute McKinsey & Co., 2014
URL : http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/energy_resources_materials/three_paths_to_sustained_e conomic_growth_in_southeast_asia The book discusses the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) composed of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam- countries with diverse ethnicities and languages as well as wide economic disparities. Despite these differences, ASEAN nations are tied together by multiple threads of history and culture, and are increasingly linked by business networks, trade relationships, migration, and shared resources. It also notes that Southeast Asian nations can address their productivity challenges and find that global trade flows, urbanization, and disruptive technologies could provide keys to unlocking the region’s full potential. 180 pages
Copies are available for loan to DTI employees and for research purposes only to external clients, on a first-come, first-served basis. For inquiries/ reservation, please call 751.0384 local 2130 or email dti.elibrary@dti.gov.ph