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A SOCIAL ROLE FOR BUSINESS IN THE POST-COVID ERA Implications for Business Strategy and for Management Education
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January 9, 2023
Context   The widespread economic and social suffering resulting from major shifts in the global economic and political landscapes, global warming, the coronavirus pandemic, and other global crises, have brought into sharp focus the social responsibility of business.   Business is increasingly being called upon...
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The New Year’s Guide to Living
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January 3, 2023
First order of the day is to look at the New Year as a time to change. January is when it is easiest to start a new habit, a new goal or even a new lifestyle.   But more than just our personal decisions to...
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HEALTH EDUCATION IN TRANSITION: Preparing Future Health Workforce for Patient Care
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January 2, 2023
The pandemic affected the health sector the most as health systems became overburdened with the requirements of patients needing care, even as the health workers themselves were also at risk from the disease. Many of the first casualties of the COVID-19 were those who attended...
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How to be a Techie
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December 27, 2022
It is never too late to liberate yourself from an assistant. And take things into your hands. It is the best thing you can do to keep your brain healthy.   Executives are spoiled in that they do not even need to think of bills,...
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Shared Prosperity and Our Dream Philippines (Part II)
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December 26, 2022
2nd of 2 Parts   In the first part of this article which was published on December 19, 2022, we wrote about the twin evils of Inequality and Exclusion that led to poverty, hunger and many other dehumanizing ills of society all over the world....
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Addressing High Inflation in the Philippines
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December 20, 2022
This policy memo was submitted to the Harvard Kennedy School as final requirement to API 121 Recession, Growth and Macroeconomic Policy under Professor Karen Dynan. A copy of this was forwarded to the Department of Finance, the Senate and the House of Representatives for their...
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Shared Prosperity and Our Dream Philippines (Part I)
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December 19, 2022
1st of 2 Parts   For many years now, the whole world has been struggling with how to deal with the twin evils of Inequality and Exclusion. These two evils have led to worldwide poverty and hunger, and many other dehumanizing ills of society in...
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3 Life Lessons for the Next-Generation Leaders and Managers
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December 13, 2022
When I learned that I was nominated for the “MAP Management Man of the Year” Award, I asked if I could be withdrawn from consideration.   I didn’t think I had done anything extraordinary to deserve the nomination.   You see, Washington SyCip, Cesar Virata,...
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High Inflation, High Interest Rates: Looming Recession?
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December 12, 2022
Inflation means a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. It involves goods and services becoming more expensive over a certain period of time. Compared to the inflation rate in October 2021 at 4%, it has almost doubled in October...
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