Quality Means Survival sends this wake-up call to companies which still pay lip service to quality. Customers will no longer accept defects as certain along with death and taxes.

A compilation and analysis of studies, reports and positions on the future of the mutual fund industry in the country. This literature provides a starting point to understand the potential of the mutual fund industry.

The book is an illustration of the elements and principles underpinning the success of the participatory approach when used in natural resource management. It reflects the author’s experiences from environmental work mainly on the project to save Mt. Makiling (A 4,244-hectare forest reserve located in Los Baños, Laguna). It affirms that the farmer-dwellers in the mountain did not constitute a force of destruction but a force of conservation, and that the success of natural resource management hinges on their enlistment as co-managers. Thus, the projects highlighting the popular participation component proliferated into agricultural development, resource management and community health services. Significantly, the book is an attempt to codify such experiences into an action methodology that could serve as software to guide activities of development professionals, particularly those engaged in the task of ensuring the joint survival of humankind and earth.

A case study research on six development institutions in Asia. Emergent Institutions in Asia offers a conceptual framework for understanding the organizational culture of development institutions in today’s Asia. This work is a part of Prof. Hernando’s educative efforts to equip the development manager for the task of institution building.

A book for the selfless breed of social entrepreneurs who dedicate their lives to create wealth for others and not for themselves. The social entrepreneur strives to assist the economically disadvantaged sectors of society by establishing social enterprises that are differentiated from business firms since they exist not just for profits but for social goals that go beyond enlarging the corporate coffers.