Succession is a leader’s lasting value
BY PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANOSMALL and medium size enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 96 percent of enterprises in Asia and they make up close...
Richard Eu’s riveting story of his 141-year-old family enterprise
by PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANOIS IT REALLY possible to create companies that will last more than a hundred years? I am always asked by clients...
How Vietnam defeated COVID-19, Part 2
BY PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO
“Hanoi learned from SARS that it had to react quickly to any disease outbreaks and take tough initial measures. It was...
How Vietnam defeated COVID-19
BY PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO
“Just like most economies all over the world, COVID-19 could have easily undermined Vietnam’s economy and its people had the pandemic...
Leading the family business in extraordinary times
BY PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO
I WAS interviewed recently and I felt I am duty bound to share critical information related to how family run and...
Family unity in the time of corona
BY PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO
IN PERIODS of extreme economic uncertainty, family-owned businesses can suddenly tumble, some may recover but sadly others will not be able...
Policies to help SMEs weather this pandemic
BY PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO
OUR ECQ (enhanced community quarantine), considered as one of the most restrictive mass quarantines in the world, has driven many businesses...
SMEs need cash assistance to survive
THE ONGOING COVID-19 pandemic has led to social distancing and lockdowns everywhere, forcing many businesses to shut down, some temporarily and others permanently.
Despite the...
Cash is king!
LIFE must come first over livelihood. Absolutely true.
But for SMEs on the brink of closure, we refer to most of them as the “living...