lack of investment in Research and Duplicate...
and it's the culture
unlike Japan, SK, China, pinoys prefer to consume than produce
not a lot of businessmen here want to invest in manufacturing when importing finished products is a lot less hassle
and R&D/labor is expensive. who would want to invest money in R&D (and hope the make back the money years later) when you can make money now by importing and selling finished goods?
dito sa atin,
capital just doesnt go to R&D
i'm sure there's skill here to make copies of stuff. but
nobody's investing in that area