Faculty

Imee Marie A. Acopiado

iaacopiado@up.edu.ph

Master in Management, University of the Philippines Mindanao

BS Agribusiness Economics, University of the Philippines Mindanao

Entrepreneurship, Business Model Innovation, Strategic Planning, Agribusiness Marketing

Enterprise upgrade, Women innovation, Digitalization

Project Staff. “Assessment of nutrition and development of appropriate food product intervention among children in flood prone and geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in Davao de Oro, Philippines”. DOST-PCHRD, January 2025-present.
Project Staff. “Assessing the feasibility of brackish water tilapia production towards developing an effective business model”. DOST-PCAARRD. August 2022 – May 2023
Project Lead. “Women helping women innovating social enterprises: Innovation thru building and leveraging entrepreneurship development, networking and inclusive community engagement for women entrepreneurs”. DOST-PCIEERD. January 2022 – December 2023
Lead Proponent. “Effect of women participation in manufacturing and service sectors’ performance in the Philippines”. UP Mindanao In-house Research. July 2020 – June 2021

Certified Coach. “DTI-PCE Kapatid Mentor Me (KMME) Program”. October 2020 – present
Member of the Technical Working Group. Davao Regional Inclusive Innovation Center (RIIC). DTI-11, DOST-11, CHED-11, DICT MC-3, DCCCII, UPMIN, USEP, ADDU, and PIA-11, supported by USAID STRIDE, November 2020 – August 2022.
Project Staff. “Establishing a DOST Technology business incubation at UP Mindanao”. DOST-PCIEERD. February 2021 – July 2021

Laorden, N.L., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Romo, G.D.A., Acuña, T.R., Acopiado, I.M.A. (2022). Impact of supply chain disruptions during COVID-19 to micro, small and medium enterprises in Davao Region, Philippines. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 16(3), 568-586. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-05-2021-0216
Acopiado, I.M.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Romo, G.D.A., Acuña, T.R., Traje, A.M., Wahing, G.D. (2022). Digital payment adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 151(3), 1185-1196. https://doi.org/10.56899/151.03.31
Romo, G.D.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Durano, F.L.A., Acopiado, I.M.A., Acuña, T.R., Traje, A.M., Wahing, G.D. (2024). Organizational resilience and enterprise profitability in the Philippines during COVID-19 pandemic: An approach using the fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, 17(3), 474-494. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-11-2022-0113