HISTORY
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The DLSU - Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies was established in 1999 out of the complementary noble goals of its two founding institutions. The School of Economics of De La Salle University is among the top in the nation. Its Faculty conducts research on different development issues, and it is involved in community and national service. Poverty alleviation is the overriding concern of the Angelo King Foundation. It addresses this concern not by giving dole-outs but by pushing for appropriate government policies as well as by promoting entrepreneurship and self-help among poor groups.
The corporate vision of the Institute merges its founding institutions' drive for research excellence, policy relevance and overriding concern for the nation's development. The Institute addresses in different ways the many challenges that the nation faces to attain high income status and to reduce poverty. Many of the issues that the country and the world face require the deepening and enrichment of macro and national level perspectives with insights from research undertaken at the level of individual firms.
The Institute has established niches in macroeconomics, structural transformation, and microeconomics. The Institute aims constantly at contributing to the improvement of national and local policies and programs, and the strengthening of support institutions. It likewise undertakes studies that provide insights on the adjustment process undertaken by industries and firms to answer the dynamic changes in the local and global markets and the challenges of environmental protection. Finally, the Institute highlights the contributions of entrepreneurship, business innovation, networks and production clusters, social partnership, and human capital development in the context of an increasingly interdependent world economy. In the process, the Institute hopes to contribute to the alleviation of poverty and to the pursuit of sustainable development in the country.
The corporate vision of the Institute merges its founding institutions' drive for research excellence, policy relevance and overriding concern for the nation's development. The Institute addresses in different ways the many challenges that the nation faces to attain high income status and to reduce poverty. Many of the issues that the country and the world face require the deepening and enrichment of macro and national level perspectives with insights from research undertaken at the level of individual firms.
The Institute has established niches in macroeconomics, structural transformation, and microeconomics. The Institute aims constantly at contributing to the improvement of national and local policies and programs, and the strengthening of support institutions. It likewise undertakes studies that provide insights on the adjustment process undertaken by industries and firms to answer the dynamic changes in the local and global markets and the challenges of environmental protection. Finally, the Institute highlights the contributions of entrepreneurship, business innovation, networks and production clusters, social partnership, and human capital development in the context of an increasingly interdependent world economy. In the process, the Institute hopes to contribute to the alleviation of poverty and to the pursuit of sustainable development in the country.
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VISION - MISSION
Established in 1999 on the complementary goals of its two founding institutions, the DLSU-Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (DLSU-AKIEBS)-a.k.a. DLSU-AKI-merges the Angelo King Foundation and the De La Salle University’s drive for research excellence, policy relevance, and overriding concern for the nation's development. DLSU-AKI envisions is an innovative and leading center that generates policy recommendations for government and the business community. The Institute sees itself as one of the country's resources in its pursuit of international competitiveness, poverty alleviation, inclusive growth, human resource development, and sustainable development. The Institute also sees itself as a resource to the University in deepening the Lasallian research tradition by responding to its research thrusts and strengthening the University's research and academic linkages with other institutions, especially those in the Asia Pacific region. To attain its vision, the Institute strives to: (i) provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among researchers, academics, policymakers, the private sector, and civil society on economic and business issues; (ii) build a collection of databases on individuals, households, entrepreneurs, firms, and the Philippine economy that will be made available to faculty, and students in the conduct of their research; (iii) participate in regional research activities addressing issues of concern to ASEAN; (v) effect the diffusion of research outputs through various means including public lectures, discussion papers, and publications; and (v) support programs and activities of students and faculty aligned with the vision of the Institute. |
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