1. Strengthening the National Innovation System of RP: A continuing challenge By Raymund B. Habaradas Business Management Department De La Salle University

5. Innovation has become increasingly critical in enhancing the capability of firms to adjust to rapid changes in the business environment.

6. Our goal: Building a critical mass of innovative Filipino firms

12. Research and technology development Very rarely present Design and engineering Capabilities rarely present though emerging in some firms Technician and craft skills and capabilities Strong skills sometimes present, though key skills often absent or weak Basic operating skills and capabilities Often weak, with limited and regular upgrading Source: Arnold, et. al (2000) Most small and medium enterprises Technology use and operation Technology acquisition and assimilation Technology upgrading and reverse engineering R&D Main current threshold Minor current threshold

13. Research and technology development Occasionally present, but scale usually limited; depleted by crisis in some cases; strengthened by pressures in many Design and engineering Capabilities limited but growing. When present, they often play a limited technology-development role, but that is probably changing Technician and craft skills and capabilities Usually present, often the focus for intensive training efforts; selected key skills sometimes weak Basic operating skills and capabilities Present, often strong and regularly upgraded Source: Arnold, et. al (2000) Most large TNC subsidiaries, many large local firms, some SMEs Technology use and operation Technology acquisition and assimilation Technology upgrading and reverse engineering R&D Main current threshold Minor current threshold

17. Lack of continuity of policies; inadequate support for innovation

22. Aiming for a stronger NIS

23. Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress. - Ted Levitt

24. Strengthening the National Innovation System of RP: A continuing challenge By Raymund B. Habaradas Business Management Department De La Salle University