Abstract:
Small-scale industries are key component in the economic life of the Philippines.
They can be seen as a kind of industrial breeding ground. Small-scale industries
comprises of the service and manufacturing sectors. The service sectors can fulfill
domestic consumption given the country's abundance in labor, it is also highly
accessible because it does not require huge amounts of capital and highly advance
technological inputs; the manufacturing sector can serve domestic needs and produce
quality exports if only they will be empowered by the government and provides them an
equal competitive environment. This can be done by implementing laws that will prepare
the small-scale industries on the road to national industrialization.
The small-scale industries are bigger in number as compared to the large -
establishments. However, large market shares and profits are concentrated only to a few
large enterprises.
The study was conducted in Pedro Gil, Faura, Orosa, Adriatico, Bocobo and Sta.
Monica. Its aim was to determine if Robinsons Place Manila has socio-economic impact
on the small-scale industries that were covered by the study in the aforementioned streets.
Based on the research conducted, Robinsons Place does not exhibit a cutthroat
competition among small-scale industries but the popular culture it imbibes among
consumers helps aggravate the problems of small-scale industries - high inflation of
prices and high cost of rent- because it lures consumers away from them. This will
inevitably lead to their retrenchment or closure in the future.
