Foreign linkages aid PH firms’ process, innovation

STRENGTHENING foreign linkages and participation in the global value chain (GVC) helps improve Philippine manufacturers’ processes and capacity to innovate, a new study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) found.

The “Impact of Foreign Linkages on Innovation Activity of Manufacturing Firms in Calabarzon” study analyzed previous literature and surveys on the manufacturing industry in the provinces of Region 4A—Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon—to probe deeper into the role foreign linkages play in manufacturing firms’ innovation efforts.