Political Science Econ 141 Prof. Mesina 23 March 2011 Sweet Deals: The Philippine Sugar Industry History From the 19th century until 1970s, sugar has been one of the most important agricultural products in the Philippines. Philippines have been one of top exporter of sugar in the world and the sugar has been one of the pillar of the agricultural Philippine Economy. Jose Maria Zabaleta in his paper discusses the Philippines’ comparative advantage in the sugar industry: “Comparative
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Cabanatuan City remains the undisputed “Tricycle Capital of the Philippines” By PNA and Philippine Times of Southern Nevada From the looks of things, the three-wheeled motorized tricycles are here to stay. At the present time, figures of the city’s legalization and franchising office show a total of 8,044 “For Hire” and 73 “For Private Use” tricycle units. By the end of the year, about 12,000 tricycle units are expected to ply the city’s major routes as part of the city’s public transport
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TERM PAPER ABOUT POVERTY I. INTRODUCTION : One of the major problems that continue to plaque the Philippines is poverty. Despite the said efforts of both government and business firms many Filipinos remain in need. It is not a simple problem because nowadays we are facing mass poverty. For all the magnificent testimonies to man’s superior skill and intellect in producing today’s level of cultural development, he still has to find the solution to mass poverty. Whether the government would admit
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Jollibee Foods Corp.: International Expansion Executive Summary Jollibee was a company originally established by the Tan family in 1975 as a family-owned ice cream parlor in the Philippines, but was soon forced to change its market caused by the oil crisis of 1977 - a factor which would have inherently caused the price of ice cream to double. Already established in the food industry and having overcome the initial barriers faced by those entering it, the Tan family successfully diversified the
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Domino’s Effect. When one collapsed, others follows too. That is what happened to Indonesia and other Asian countries like Philippine, Malaysia and Singapore. It started in Thailand when Thai government failed to defend the bath and end up raising huge debt. After that other Asian countries also started to face financial crisis due collapse of confidence in the ability to maintain their fixed exchange rates while continuing to allow the free movement of foreign finance capital at a time of increasing
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Jollibee Foods Corporation International Expansion Case Analysis Jollibee built its core brand on a selection of key criteria (core competencies) to ensure that they would succeed in a highly competitive fast food environment. Jollibee Foods Corp (JFC) business operations catered to Filipinos eating habits such as satisfying their palettes with spicy hamburgers. JFC store fronts were also designed to be friendly and inviting; a comfort zone where families could gather to enjoy a selection of
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undertaken by small landholders who either lease or own their lands or companies with vast agricultural estates. Due to rapid population growth and escalating commodity prices, increasing food self-sufficiency is a major concern. Similarly, food produced from large agricultural estates results in the Philippines being a major producer of sugar, rice, corn, tropical fruits, poultry, and pork. Manufacturing and agriculture comprise more than half (65%) of the country’s economy, and the agrifood sector
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Introduction Student Employment is a very common practice in the Philippines. With a significant portion of the student population engaging in part-time jobs, it is not a surprise to find working students in a classroom, especially in colleges and universities. They get employment from a variety of industries, mainly from food service, to sales and entertainment, aside from the usual jobs such as student assistants. Due to financial obstacles,
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business strategies. In so doing, the case shows an example of how a highly motivated woman entrepreneur managed her businesses through good and bad times. THE ENTREPRENEUR Women entrepreneurship has been significant in economic development. The Philippines has compared favorably with other countries in women entrepreneurship. Based on a survey conducted by Let’s Go Foundation and GE Bank, Filipino women have a fairly equal chance of making it big as entrepreneurs (http://www.womenentrepreneurship
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study We all know that the Philippines is now suffering from crisis and many of as Filipinos are in poor situations. This is because of some high priced products like sugar. Sugar is used as an additives by many Filipinos especially bakers in making breads and cakes, coffee and juices and an additives for food. And because of this, many stores are increasing there prices of food and some are just closing their stores because of the lack of funds. So,
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