Local Adaptations to Central Government Shortcomings: COVID-19 Responses in the Cities of Iloilo and Cebu, Philippines

by [email protected] | Apr 11, 2021 | Recent Publications

Juhn Chris Espia , Weena Gera , Rosalie Arcala Hall The Philippine national government’s largely ineffective response to the COVID-19 pandemic sets the context for a diversity of policy adaptations at the local level. This article focuses on the two largest...

Authoritarian values and institutional trust: Theoretical considerations and evidence from the Philippines

by [email protected] | Mar 30, 2021 | Recent Publications

Ronald A Pernia Abstract Studies on authoritarian values, which have mostly focused on authoritarian regimes and on democracies with spells of authoritarianism, suggest trust in public institutions. However, limited empirical evidence has been carried out in the...

A proposed hybrid root cause analysis technique for quality management

by [email protected] | Mar 11, 2021 | Recent Publications

Dharyll Prince Abellana Abstract Purpose This paper attempts to develop a hybrid cause and effect diagram (CED) and interpretative structural model (ISM) for root cause analysis in quality management. The proposed model overcomes the weakness of the CED in reliably...

Mapping Hotspots of Human Impact on Native Dendroflora Biodiversity in Cebu Island, Philippines

by [email protected] | Mar 11, 2021 | Recent Publications

Isabella Pauline Lopez Quijano Mary Joyce Lapa Flores Chito Patiño The continuing pressure on the natural environment exerted by human activities such as land conversion has been threatening to drive tens of thousands of species to extinction globally for decades....

A systemic analysis of green computing adoption using genetically evolved fuzzy cognitive map: a Philippine scenario

by [email protected] | Mar 9, 2021 | Recent Publications

Dharyll Prince Mariscal Abellana Abstract Purpose This paper aims to propose a new genetically evolved fuzzy cognitive mapping approach as a decision-making framework for analyzing the relationships between the drivers...