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Bernardo M. Villegas

Fields of study

  • Development economics
  • Social economics
  • Business economics
  • Strategic management

Dr. Bernardo Malvar Villegas is a Visiting Professor of the IESE Business School in Barcelona, Professor at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), and Research Director of the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), Manila.

He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He obtained bachelor’s degrees in Commerce and the Humanities (both summa cum laude) from the De La Salle University.

Dr. Villegas has authored several economics textbooks widely used in Philippine schools and universities and continues to write regularly for both local and international newspapers. He also served in the Pacific Board of Economics of Time Magazine.

He is currently a member of the boards of directors or advisory boards of leading national and multinational firms and is a consultant on management development and strategic planning for numerous leading firms operating in the Philippines and Asia Pacific.

Through his work at UA&P and CRC, he is often asked to give advice to top government officials in many policy issues, especially in industrial policy and countryside development. He was a member of the Constitutional Commission that drafted the Philippine Constitution under the government of former President Corazon Aquino.

Publications

  • Economics of a Firm (1969). Revised Edition, 1972.
  • Economics for the Consumer, 1st Edition, 1970; 2nd Edition, 1973; 3rd Edition, 1977; 4th Edition, 1983; 5th Edition, 1992.
  • Economics of an Industry (1971)
  • Guide to Economics for Filipinos, 1st Edition, 1972; 2nd Edition, 1977; 3rd Edition, 1985; 4th Edition, 1991, 5th Edition, 1998.
  • Business Economics for Filipino Manager (1973).
  • Economics: An Introduction (co-author with Rolando Sto. Domingo), 1973; 2nd Edition (co-author with Victor Abola) 1977; 3rd Edition, 1982; 4th Edition, 1992.
  • Managerial Economics, 1977; 2nd Edition, 1993.
  • Productivity: Path to Philippine Progress (co-author with Pastor Lorenzo) (1982)
  • Readings on Philippine Economic Development (co-editor with Cynthia Bagtas)
  • Strategies for Crisis (1983)
  • Readings on Current Economic Issues (1989)
  • Economics and Society (1989)
  • Taking the Philippines to the 21st Century (1992)
  • The Philippine Vision of Sustainable Development (1993)
  • Productivity: Path to Global Competitiveness (1995)
  • Book of Values, 1996; second edition, 1998.
  • The Filipino Vision for Recovery (1997)
  • The Filipino Phenomenon (1998)
  • ERAPNOMICS (1999)
  • The Philippines at the Threshold of the Third Millennium (2000)
  • The Philippine Advantage, 2001; second edition, 2005; third edition, 2006.
  • Positive Dimensions of Population Growth (2011)
  • Book of Virtues and Values (2011)
  • “Accounting Education:  A New Approach,” U.E. BusinessReview.
  • “The Role of Accountants in Economic Planning”, Accountant’s Journal, December 1965.
  • “Dilemma of Development,” Dialogue, December 1965.
  •  “Econometrics:  The Tools of Economics,” Dialogue, June 1969.
  • The Education of Filipino Managers, report to Asia Foundation, 1967.
  • Monthly articles in Economics and Society, CRC.
  • Weekly column in Forum on Economics, Manila Bulletin, 1965-1966.
  • Weekly column in Manila Chronicle (1987-1991)
  • Weekly column in Manila Bulletin (July 1987 to present)

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Phone: (632) 8637-0912 to 26
E-mail: [email protected]

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