Will pandemic normal become just plain normal?
By Tyler Cowen
ONE FEATURE of the COVID-19 Era is how much the standard ways of seeing and doing things have been remixed and turned upside down. The obvious question is then whether people will decide to make these new arrangements permanent or return to the old.
From carbon ambition to delivery in Philippines
By Patricia Buenaventura Nichol, Yukiko Tsukamoto,Jenny Davis-Peccoud, and Torsten Lichtenau
THE YEAR 2021 was about ambition setting. The number of companies establishing science-based targets for decarbonization had strongly increased since 2015, but it rose dramatically from 2020 to 2021, in the run-up to COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (see Figure 1).
Going after trademark infringement online
By Phoebe Mae U. Reyes
On Dec. 22, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in the case of Christian Louboutin vs. Amazon. Mr. Louboutin is...
Goodman Richard
By Marvin A. Tort
Last Monday morning, I had the privilege and the pleasure to board the US Navy amphibious ship USS Bonhomme Richard, which was anchored in...
Ilocos Norte leads in poverty reduction: IT-BPM and tourism will lead the way
By Bernardo M. Villegas
Laoag and the surrounding areas have been identified by the leaders in IT-BPM (information technology-business process management) in their most recent strategic planning exercise as one of the next-tier cities to locate BPO (business process outsourcing) enterprises in both the voice and non-voice sectors, thus giving rise to the growth of the real estate and construction industries.
TRAIN, inflation, and PPP
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
“It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.” -- Jeremy Bentham (1748-1834,...
Going electric doesn’t have to be so complicated
By Anjani Trivedi
IT MAY NOT HAVE enough electric vehicles (EVs), powerpacks, or the capital, but India has found a way towards mass electrification: swap batteries.
The Private Equity Challenge: Investing smart in turbulent times
By Kiki Yang and Thomas Kidd
ASIA-PACIFIC private equity investors turned cautious in 2022 amid a difficult and uncertain economy. Deal value for the region fell 44% in 2022, ending...
Effecting a Civil-Maritime Regime in the Philippine Archipelago
By Renato Cruz De Castro
The late 2010s were marked by Southeast Asian states’ efforts to build and develop their nascent coast guards and other maritime law enforcement agencies (MLEAs).
Martial Law and Ninoy Aquino
By Philip Ella Juico
Almost 50 years after Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law, those of us who were around at that time continue to denounce it as part of a grand design to extend the Marcos rule indefinitely.
How competitive is the Philippine economy today?
By Andrew J. Masigan
In this time of uncertainty resulting from the unnecessary provocation of our Christian community, political killings, and rumors of martial law, its important that we put perspective on things by taking into consideration the true state of the economy.
Business doesn’t need a ‘social purpose’ revolution
By Adrian Wooldridge
THERE is no shortage of candidates for the title of the most dangerous business idea of the moment. Management-by-algorithm may remove what humanity there...