Here are some resources you could use to validate, design, benchmark, make you productive as a decision-maker or marketing professional.
Philippine Macro-Economic Indicators
• Philippine population and projections (NSO) www.census.gov.ph
• Foreign Direct Investment (Central Bank, DTI, NEDA)
Business News
• Adobo Magazine www.adobomagazine.com
• BusinessWorld Online www.bworldonline.com
• Philippine Daily Inquirer www.inquirer.net
• Philippine Stock Market Index www.pse.org.ph
• Cocktales (by Victor Agustin) www.cocktales.ph
• Go Negosyo www.gonegosyo.net
Professional Organizations
• ESOMAR www.esomar.org
• PCCI www.philippinechamber.com
• Makati Business Club www.mbc.com.ph
• ANV Consulting www.anv-consulting.com
• Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P) www.bpap.org‘
Recommended books
• Five Minds For the Future by Dr. Howard Gardner
• How to think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael J. Gelb
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
• Think Like a Champion by Donald Trump‘
Technical-Related
• Sample size computation Survey System
• Testing for significance of two proportions www.answersresearch.com/proportions.php