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Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurial Success in the Philippine MSME Sector: Challenges and Opportunities

ECONOMICS
Volume 13 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: Wilson Cordova,  Cristina Teresa N. Lim,  Harvey T. Ong,  Hilario S. Caraan,  Gil Antonio R. Dela Cruz and  Emmanuel Fernando C. Jimenez  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2025-0056 | Journal eISSN: 2303-5013 | Journal ISSN: 2303-5005
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Language: English
Page range: 69 - 82
Submitted on: Mar 7, 2025
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Accepted on: Jul 21, 2025
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Published on: Sep 2, 2025
Published by: Oikos Institut d.o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
Digital innovation,
Digital adoption,
Entrepreneurial success,
Barriers to adoption
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Public finance and fiscal theory

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