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Applying for a business loan is not the best experience for most Filipino small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). Many SMEs complain about the lengthy application process, numerous documentary requirements, and narrowing likelihood of actually getting funding approval. Rather than go through these hurdles, business owners would rather...

The pandemic has significantly changed the way people work. It has also affected the well-being of employees who had to learn how to work from home, then adjust to shifting social-distancing measures. Given their impact on the workforce’s productivity, these experiences and their effects on...

It’s been three weeks since I got here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Never thought I would have to experience heat waves to know how serious climate change (CC) is. It’s not even in the list of courses I want to study at the Harvard Kennedy School...

Based on the March 2022 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), there are more than 17 million (M) informal sector workers, including tiangge (or flea market) and ambulant vendors, street vendors, and over 1.3M sari-sari stores which remain unregistered with the Bureau...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...