Filipino - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

efforts to improve living standards and open new possibilities for the 20 million (one in four) Filipinos who live in remote areas and lack reliable access to electricity. In May, three motorcycle riders embarked from Manila, leading an... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

25 Aug 2014
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999

Marcelo, who learned math alongside her older brothers. “They did not have certain expectations just because I was a girl,” she recalls. As a student at Mount Holyoke College, Marcelo attended a cross-college function for Filipino... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2002
News

What You Know Depends on Where You Go

existing emerging market firms like Jollibee, a Filipino fast-food chain that has entered the United States successfully in California. “This is the point of international trade and globalization — that it isn't just a one-way street,”... View Details

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

anti-American sentiment in many nations was rising because of the Iraq war. Most of the consumers were like the South African who candidly said, "I hate the country, but I love their products." A Filipino confessed: "I used... View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

22 Feb 2022
News

Launch Codes

more inclusive, and building a health insurtech company was not part of the plan. But in 2020, the pandemic led countless uninsured Filipinos to poverty, debt, or death. Growing up in the Philippines, I knew that underinsurance was a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

resources to help the government address the needs of the Filipino people while ensuring the safety and well-being of the employees, staff, artists, and journalists of the network. Together with its foundation, the company has raised... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

markets. The Philippines' Jollibee Foods, for instance, has profitably battled McDonald's because it realizes that Filipinos like their burgers to have a particular soy and garlic taste. Some have exploited their knowledge of local talent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

http://hbr.org/search/213034-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-188 AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company AVA is a three-year old e-commerce company in the Philippines. From its early start mimicking the Gilt Groupe concept... View Details