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Philippine Economy: Reinventing Ourselves
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Philippine economy
- Added on: Feb 5th, 2009
- Country: Philippines
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Change is never easy
(Or why Pareto’s 80-20 rule is alive) Do we belong to the 80% that account for only 20% of the world’s wealth? With a third of our population (67-33) in poverty, we have more than proved the reality of Pareto’s. This is not only true of coun...
Cause and effect . . .
Man (woman) is the true measure of himself (herself) We’re victims of circumstances – we’re a small, poor country and had been pushed around by foreigners. But we can make do. We’re resilient! We’re victims of circumstances – we’re bo...
Business has a noble purpose . . .
Aggressively pursuing the profit motive is the way? The writer did a back of the envelope comparison of two local companies in the consumer-goods business based on their respective press reports. One has estimated sales for 2009 of $ 160+ million; t...
Our “materiales fuertes culture”
First we assume we are creating something that has longevity if not permanence; and then conclude it’s a “no-maintenance proposition”; and once we realize that fallacious assumption we turn and claim: “it’s good enough”? Materiales fuert...
Who will do what . . .
. . . when, where and how? If news articles must satisfy the above criteria, should we apply the same yardstick in quizzing our presidential wannabes? Whether it is Noynoy or whoever: what will he do, and who specifically will do what, when, where a...
About winning . . .
. . . Turning losers into winners We need to hear from our development experts (e.g., from PMAP) to learn and understand more about “unfreezing”. They can likewise edify us on lateral thinking and force field analysis – to chart a new course...
