Feb

25

Due to insufficient support from government and academe, Cebu has a gap when it comes to skills in original, industrial design.

“Filipinos in general are very creative. With enough training and conducive facility with the help of all stakeholders, we can definitely reap more. We have a big potential.”

— Kenneth Cobonpue, world-renowned furniture designer, during a forum for industrial design.

In light of this gap, measures are currently being taken to fill it.

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Feb

24

Support from private and public sectors can help Cebu, Philippines to become a global “Silicon Valley”.

With the establishment of an information technology (IT) incubator, the improving power situation in the region as well as strengthening linkage between business/industry and acadame sectors, Cebu Philippines has the potential to be on the frontier of technological innovation.

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Feb

19

Outsourcing Issues and News.

Here’s your weekly dose of professional business information and analyses searched and summarized by Outsourcing Opinions from the world business news agencies and major resource sites.

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Feb

18

Previously, Outsourcing Opinions did a focus feature on an emerging outsourcing destination in Asia, spotlight on Malaysia. Now read up on the latest from Malaysia’s outsourcing industry.

According to Outsourcing Malaysia, the country’s national outsourcing association, its outsourcing and shared services (SSO) industry to undergo a consolidation in the face of stiff competition in the global market.

Presently,  there are too many small and midsize local SSO companies among the association’s more than a 100 members who are unable to bid for global services contracts.

Outsourcing Malaysia will start a three-year plan to create possibly three SSO consortiums to compete globally by 2012. Read more on this news here

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