The government plans to impose taxes on online vendors and other Netpreneurs, in order to meet its tax collection revenue targets and to level the playing field for all those engaged in business, regardless virtual Read More
Following the recent raising of the country’s credit rating from stable to positive by Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the government has expressed confidence its goal of getting an “investment” grade will be reached by next Read More
(First published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer Business Features, December 24, 2012) Henry Sy. Lucio Tan. John Gokongwei. Just a few of the so-called taipans in the Philippines. Migrants or sons of migrants who started Read More
Thinking of exporting? Exporting is a logical move among enterprises that have taken off and whose products have firmly established its local market presence. Not everyone can export, however. There are many factors you need Read More
Small businesses — most of them, anyway — think that establishing a presence online is expensive and require technical skills they may not have. On the contrary, more and more forward-looking small entrepreneurs are beginning Read More
Markus Dietrich, founder and director of the Asian Social Enterprise Incubation (ASEI) and author of the ADB-sponsored Study on Inclusive Business in the Philippines, visited the SERDEF yesterday, December 14, to exchange views and information Read More
Small entrepreneurs, by virtue of their small size and lack of assistants and other resources, try to do all things for their business. Many of them are their own production man, marketer, bookkeeper, payroll master, Read More
“The growth of manufacturing would be boosted by the deliberate promotion and strengthening of small and medium enterprises.” The impressive growth of the Philippine economy recently being experienced – up 6.4 and 7.1 per cent Read More
Unscrupulous businessmen out to take advantage of the holiday buying mood by profiteering: BEWARE! The Department of Trade and Industry is now tightly monitoring prices of prime commodities as the Christmas shopping rush intensifies. DTI Read More
The ASEAN Entrepreneurship Education Consortium (AEEC) was organized during the ASEAN Entrepreneurship Conference (AEC 2012) held in Malaysia last November 5-6. The conference was attended by more than a hundred academic business researchers, faculty, school Read More
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