Degree of Influence of Rural Communities in the Emergence and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Samar Island, Philippines

  • Juneth Lourdes Fiel-Miranda Keimyung University | Daegu City | Republic of South Korea https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8770-6342
  • Asterio T. Miranda, Jr. Keimyung University | Daegu City | Republic of South Korea
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46652/rgn.v9i40.1208
Keywords: Degree of influence; Emergence and growth; Rural communities; Small and Medium Enterprises.

Abstract

This study endeavored to determine the degree of influence of rural communities in the emergence and growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Samar Island, Philippines. The study is a descriptive survey that utilized structured survey questionnaires and personal interviews with the respondents. The result of the study indicated that the community variables influenced the emergence and growth of SMEs in the rural communities. While the economic factors strongly influenced, the socio-cultural, demographic, bio-physical and politico-legal factors influenced the emergence and growth of SMEs in the rural communities. The common problems that hinder the rural communities from influencing the SMEs toward their emergence and growth were focused on the negative attitudes and values of the people in the community which are attributed to people’s lack of unity and cooperation, laziness, crab mentality, lack of self-discipline, over dependence on others, vices, lack of concern for the development of the community.

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Author Biographies

Juneth Lourdes Fiel-Miranda, Keimyung University | Daegu City | Republic of South Korea

Is an associate professor of accounting and other business-related subjects at Keimyung Adams College (KAC) of the Keimyung University in South Korea. She has been an associate professor at the Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea, teaching accounting courses. She graduated with distinction from Western Leyte College for her undergraduate degree in Commerce, and received her Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Eastern Philippines and finished her Doctorate degree in Management major in Human Resources Management at the University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City, Philippines. She successfully hurdled the Professional Board Examination for Certified Public Accountants (CPA). For over two decades, she worked as Associate Professor of accounting and other business-related courses at the University of Eastern Philippines and was involved in the development and implementation of the four-year degree program in cooperatives; conducted research and extension activities; and took an active role in the establishment of a collaborative linkage between the University of Eastern Philippines and the Grameen Foundation-Australia. She has been a consultant in the areas of management, systems designing and operations of the different business organizations, cooperatives, and non-government organizations in the Philippines. She is currently the president, and one of the pioneers of a nationwide micro-finance institution-the Fundacion Grameen Pilipinas (FGP), which helps students from the less-advantaged sectors of society through microcredit schemes. She has published numerous research articles in both local and international journals, and co-authored a book entitled, Research Perspectives in Business.

Asterio T. Miranda, Jr., Keimyung University | Daegu City | Republic of South Korea

Is an associate Professor of the Department of Taxation of the College of Business Administration of Keimyung University (KMU), South Korea. He Holds a doctorate degree in Extension Education, with Agribusiness Management as cognate, from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB), Laguna, Philippines. Prior to his teaching job in KMU, he was Associate Professor of the Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea for 3 1/2 years. Before his stint in South Korea, he was also an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics of the College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resources, University of Eastern Philippines (UEP), University Town, Northern Samar. Dr. Miranda was a scholar of UEP under Plan-C of the UEP Faculty Development Program from 1995 to 1996 while pursuing his master’s degree in Business Administration at the Graduate School, UEP. For his Doctorate degree, he was awarded full scholarship by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) under the NARDSAF, from 2002 to 2004.During his teaching stint UEP, he received Awards of Distinction for Teaching Excellence for several times. From February 2008 to January 2009, he was tapped by the World Council for Credit Union as one of its Technical Advisors of a project in Southern Afghanistan tasked to organize and develop Islamic Investment and Finance Cooperatives, under the auspices of USAID. He extends consultancy services to cooperatives and non-government organizations in the Visayas Region, Philippines. He has published numerous research articles in both local and international journals, and the first author of the book entitled, Research Perspectives in Business.

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Published
2024-06-17
How to Cite
Fiel-Miranda, J. L., & Miranda, Jr., A. T. (2024). Degree of Influence of Rural Communities in the Emergence and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Samar Island, Philippines. Religación, 9(40), e2401208. https://doi.org/10.46652/rgn.v9i40.1208
Issue
Vol. 9 No. 40 (2024): Issue in progress [Continuous publication April-June].
Section
South-South

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