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Moving on

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co, DFNN.COM - June 6, 2006 - 12:00am

My son graduated from grade school last week. Like most parents I felt nostalgic and sentimental. I remembered his first day in kindergarten six years ago. I wondered if he would make a lot of friends, I wondered...

Sugar is the new white gold

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - May 8, 2006 - 12:00am

As of this writing, crude oil was trading at $70 per barrel. This is a far cry from the $17 per barrel just five years ago. A lot has changed but the basics of supply and demand are eternal. There has been an increased...

China in growing pains

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co, DFNN.COM - April 10, 2006 - 12:00am

China is going through growing pains. For any China manager, two statistics are key these days: 1) average salary growth and 2) turnover. According to a recent article in Businessweek, the average salary growth...

Hindsight is 20/20

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co, DFNN.COM - March 13, 2006 - 12:00am

This is such a great tool. You are always right, there is no risk. And you can always say I told you so. Unfortunately, for decision-makers who have to look forward, this is not a tool we can use, except to learn...

Happy Year of the Dog

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co - February 13, 2006 - 12:00am

DFNN.COM Master Rao of Astrology.com says, "The Dog is an ethical and idealistic sign, and the year that bears its name will also bring increased social awareness and interest in society’s less powerful...

Another hero

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - January 16, 2006 - 12:00am

Animation is one of the few BPO services where we can still compete in because our animators are more artistic and still cost-competitive. The market for animation services continues to expand as online games have...

Google

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - December 24, 2005 - 12:00am

How did two twenty-somethings from Stanford University (again!!) put the Internet advertising world on its ear and single-handedly reinvigorate the demand for Internet stocks? Having gone public a year ago at about...

Google

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - December 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippines is a player

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - November 14, 2005 - 12:00am

In a recent article published in the McKinsey Quarterly, a quarterly publication of the consulting firm McKinsey (see http:// www.mckinseyquarterly.com, you may need to register to get the free article on the Philippines),...

The world is flat

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co
DFNN.COM - October 17, 2005 - 12:00am

For BPO practitioners, I recommend a great book called "The World is Flat, A Brief History of the Globalized World in the 21st Century" by Thomas Friedman, a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. I call...

e-Government

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - September 19, 2005 - 12:00am

Republic Act 8792, better known as the E-Commerce Law, was signed into law on June 14, 2000 and took effect five days later. One of the key provisions of this law is that the government is mandated to be e-commerce-capable...

There is still hope

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - August 15, 2005 - 12:00am

Time sure flies. I have been writing this column for more than five years. In my past columns, I reminded my readers that there are lots of opportunities out there but the window may close soon. Today, that window...

The Philippines is growing up

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - July 18, 2005 - 12:00am

Given our independence by the Americans and released from the Japanese after the war, this nation is around 50 years old. In country years, this is a toddler. As we grow up, this toddler learns the good (freedom...

Two books

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - June 20, 2005 - 12:00am

I have just read two interesting books that seem to be counterintuitive or outside the box: The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen and Why Not? by Nalebuff and Ayres. Both books were highly recommended...

Graduation 2005

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co
DFNN.COM - May 23, 2005 - 12:00am

I was invited to be a commencement speaker at an IT school. Unfortunately, I had to decline due to a scheduling conflict. I decided to go ahead and write a commencement address anyway. Here is what I would have said: They...

New HP CEO

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - April 25, 2005 - 12:00am

Last February, HP’s celebrity CEO Carly Fiorina resigned after disagreements with the board. The HP board has since hired Mark Hurd from NCR Corp.

There is hope

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co, DFNN.COM - March 29, 2005 - 12:00am

Filipino businessmen have to do business under constant siege of government and corporate corruption, both perceived and actual. The Philippines has dropped from being in the bottom 35 percent to the bottom 30 percent...

Fiscal crisis

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co (DFNN.COM) - September 10, 2004 - 12:00am

"The Philippines is in a fiscal crisis." Our country’s leadership recently uttered these words in reaction to a recent study done by our brain trust of economists. To some people, this is a new problem;...

SIPs

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co DFNN.COM - August 13, 2004 - 12:00am

There is a shortage of low-cost housing and school buildings. Although there have been recent drives from our real estate developers to lower the cost of home ownership, there is still about two to three million...

IT and retail

by MY TWO CENTS’ WORTH By Dickson Co
DFNN.COM - July 16, 2004 - 12:00am

I am currently on a business trip to Texas. (I can tell you what project but I would then need to silence you). It amazes me that despite some of the advances of technology, there are some businesses here who still...

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