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Outsourcing in times of pandemic
Tax Bulletins
August 2, 2022
I was seated beside a senior executive of a large BPO in the country in the first face-to-face general membership meeting of MAP – Management Association of the Philippines – and we got to talk about the developments in the BPO industry in light of...
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Thinking Traps from the Field to the Board Room
Tax Bulletins
August 1, 2022
I once advised a company that launched a promo to increase revenues from a specific customer segment. The marketing team members who designed the promo were experienced experts. Yet, the promo flopped because the winners were NOT the segment they set out to target. Worse,...
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Making the Mix Work: Diversity & Inclusion
Tax Bulletins
July 26, 2022
The concept of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) remains to be a topic of debate. Starting with the feminist movement, many organizations have made great efforts to promote progressive and liberal ideologies in the last 50 years. The discourse has shifted significantly from addressing women as...
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Making MSMEs More Productive and More Competitive through Collective Action
Tax Bulletins
July 25, 2022
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) comprise 99.51 percent of businesses in the Philippines. Yet, they employed 62.66 per cent of workers, and accounted for a mere 35.7 per cent of value added in 2020. These data clearly show that labor productivity among small businesses...
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Critical and Strategic Priority Policies for Economic Dynamism
Tax Bulletins
July 19, 2022
First, allow me to thank Secretary Fred Pascual for accepting again to serve the country, this time as DTI Secretary.  And thank you for your service to MAP.  I know Secretary Fred that you will continue to serve our country well for “good men never...
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Critical and Strategic Priority Policies for Economic Dynamism
Tax Bulletins
July 18, 2022
First, allow me to thank Secretary Fred Pascual for accepting again to serve the country, this time as DTI Secretary.  And thank you for your service to MAP.  I know Secretary Fred that you will continue to serve our country well for “good men never...
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How Progressive is your board?
Tax Bulletins
July 12, 2022
Despite many initiatives for diversity in the workplace, the place that seems to be still impenetrable is the Board room. Here the macho Chair will not want to listen to other opinions especially a woman’s voice. After all, the other directors may just be “rubberstamp”,...
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A NEW AGE OF CAPITALISM
Tax Bulletins
July 11, 2022
Dr. Niceto “Nick” Poblador’s book “Strategy in the New Age of Capitalism:  Collaborative and Inclusive Approaches to Value Creation” is a joy to read.  Reading Nick’s books is like visiting a chocolate store.  You want to take home everything in the shelf but you can...
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May Congress Delimit Through Legislation the Constitutional Coverage of “Public Utilities”?
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July 5, 2022
May Congress Delimit Through Legislation the Constitutional Coverage of “Public Utilities”?...
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