Packaging for export to Japan
Packaging is a product’s”face to the world” and buyers everywhere demand that the “face” they see and buy does not only combine good design and colors but also conforms with high standards relating to hygiene, Read More
Features
Managing as though employees really mattered
by Miel Feria, SERDEF Media Bureau (first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sunday Biz, Sept. 23, 2012) There have been countless articles on how to make companies more productive. The science of efficiency has Read More
Enterprise Bank of Mindanao: Microfinance bank in transition
(First published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sunday Biz, September 16, 2012) by Myrna R. Co, Serdef Media Bureau In 1976, The New Rural Bank of Lianga in Surigao was put up by a native Read More
Retailing giants take consolidation strategy in bid for market edge
In the competition for market supremacy among the country’s big retailing chains, a major strategy used is consolidation. Industry consolidation is a situation in which separate companies become one. It is sometimes described as a Read More
How to start an events management business
By Ma. Rachel Roxas Yapchiongco Organizing an event, whether it’s a wedding, anniversary, baptism, children’s party, graduation party, debutante ball, family reunion, fashion show, fundraiser event or company product launch entails time, money, good communication Read More
‘UP ISSI gave me foundations of management’ – Bayani Fernando
“Everything I learned in execution and management, I must have learned from here,” Bayani Fernando, construction magnate and former Marikina City mayor, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair and Public Works Secretary, said yesterday at Read More
THE MANAGER’S COURSE @100: Changing managerial perspectives, triggering innovations
Pioneer class, Manager’s Course, 1971 “The Filipino manager holds the key to the country’s economic progress. For a manager of industry, mediocre performance is inexcusable. He has to impose both on himself and those under Read More
‘Ghost’ month of August not necessarily bad for business
Going by Chinese tradition, August is an unlucky month for life-changing activities like getting married, getting engaged, building a house, doing renovations. So it is in opening a business or starting business deals. Some people Read More
Products and services you wish an entrepreneur would sell
By the SERDEF Media Bureau (first published in the Philippine Online Chronicles, August 11, 2012) I saw this picture posted on a friend’s Facebook account: Isn’t it amazing? Don’t you wish Mariwasa, Royal Ceramics and Read More
A tale of two women in business
(first published in Sunday Biz, Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 29, 2012) by Myrna R. Co, SERDEF Media Bureau Myrna Castro Bituin and Cynthia Aguilar Villar. Successful women entrepreneurs both, but poles apart in motivation when Read More