TY - BOOK AU - Santiago, Andrea L. TI - Promoting Philippine enterprise development SN - 9789719900061 AV - LG 221.M35 .D370 v.16 PY - 2011/// CY - Quezon City PB - C&E Pub. KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Philippines KW - Small business N1 - A Centennial publication of De La Salle University--T.p. verso; Entered under series title N2 - and the possible competitive advantage of MSMEs when the poor sector is integrated in their value chain; the growing trend of women entrepreneurship and its impact on the national economy; the significance of gender in a firm's performance and MSME growth; Promoting Philippine Enterprise Development is a compendium of articles condensing, the findings of seven researches on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Viewing MSMEs as integral to the national economy and local development, this volume aims to help entrepreneurs sustain their business ventures amidst start-up challenges, socio-economic barriers, and competition. The articles examine essential and timely issues on entrepreneurship such as the effectiveness of government's formal assistance to the MSME sector, the pecularities of family-owned and -managed businesses and how they affect MSME life cycle ER -