Entries from March 2007

March 27, 2007

Beyond “Technokapihan”

According to an article in BusinessWorld, the reason for the minimal-to-zero growth of technology commercialisation in the Philippines is that investors do not understand the value of technological start-ups. Thus, various forums are being set-up to encourage communication between technology entrepreneurs and potential investors. My thoughts:

Is it really because the investors do not understand/appreciate the [...]

March 15, 2007

Adopting a Service-Dominant Logic in Marketing

Vargo and Lusch (2004) have caused renewed interest in the reformulation of marketing through their paper titled ‘Evolving to a New Dominant Logic for Marketing’ in which they provide a new perspective that redefines the discipline’s long-standing concept of goods and services. In their paper, they contend that services are more prevalent than goods and [...]

March 12, 2007

Where Should the Philippines Go?

Where does our national competency lie?
The reason I ask has something to do with my observation of many prominent individuals in the Philippines (at least those that I know of) pushing for I.T. entrepreneurship and competing head-to-head with India. It makes me wonder if this is where our national competencies are. Amidst all this push [...]

March 10, 2007

2006 IBM Global CEO Study

Here is our group’s PowerPoint presentation based on the IBM Global CEO Study conducted last 2006. Some interesting points to consider here:

While innovation in the product/service/market and operational aspects remain fundamental, many CEOs now regard business model innovation as the new frontier. One that will give their organisation an edge over their competitors. In fact, [...]