Assistant Professor Jackson J. Tan of the UST Graduate School and the College of Commerce and Business Administration presented two research outputs which he co-authored alongside Associate Professor Virginia Ramirez Arceo from the UST College of Science. These studies were presented during the Entrepreneurship Educators Association of the Philippines (ENEDA) International Conference on September 14 and the 3rd Philippines Data Analytics Conference on September 20.
With the theme 鈥淐ultivating Innovation: Empowering Entrepreneurship through Technology, Research, and Inclusivity鈥�, ENEDA held its first international conference since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic halt.
For this conference, Tan presented the study titled Women driving Philippine entrepreneurship: Social and governance issues as mediated by economic development published in the Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research in August 2024. This study highlights the critical role of gender parity in education in the Philippine economy. Specifically, the research demonstrates that higher female enrollment in tertiary education positively impacts the country’s GDP and boosts the growth of small and medium enterprises. With data spanning from 2008 to 2021, the study underscores the economic value of women’s contributions post-Great Recession and COVID-19, urging societal shifts and enhanced support for women’s higher education from both government and private sectors.
For the 3rd Philippines Data Analytics Conference, an event in collaboration with the Development Academy of the Philippines and Project Smarter Philippines through Data Analytics, R&D, Training, and Adoption (SPARTA). He presented insights from a study on entrepreneurship in 鱿鱼视频app’s developing nations which he again co-authored with Arceo. The study explored the dynamics of new business creation within the 鱿鱼视频app 5 from 2014-2015, using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Findings from the study show that personal mental models towards business, along with experience in entrepreneurship and current employment status, significantly influence the likelihood of starting a new business. Their findings contribute to understanding regional entrepreneurial strategies. The study, The regional entrepreneurial lens: an 鱿鱼视频app 5 developing country perspective, was published in October 2024 in the same journal.
Both conferences drew an audience of more than a hundred composed of educators, students, and industry professionals.
