Fewer Filipinas in boardrooms noted
By Doris C. Dumlao
There are now fewer women lording over the boardrooms in the country than there were last year, according to a research paper from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).

There are now fewer women lording over the boardrooms in the country than there were last year, according to a research paper from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).
Metro Manila climbed up a notch on a list of the world’s top outsourcing hubs in 2012, ranking just behind India’s Bangalore and Mumbai.
The Philippines emerged as the second-worst country when it comes to corporate governance, according to the latest survey of 11 countries in Asia by the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA).
The Philippines is expected to improve its ranking when the World Economic Forum (WEF) releases its Global Competitiveness Report, a top official of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) said over the weekend.
The good news is that the Philippines is moving forward in terms of business competitiveness. The bad news is that it’s not moving fast enough to keep pace with other countries with which it is competing against.