Navigating through uncertain times.

from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008 -- PAGE 16 The current global financial crisis is unprecedented in nature.

What started out on Wall Street has unfortunately rippled through to Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia (SEA). In fact, the short-term outlook across industries and markets is now bearish. Executives of the major corporations with which we interact are now preoccupied with the crisis and the actions they must take to navigate these uncertain times.

BCG Five-Year SEA Value Creation Report Card The recently released 2008 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) SEA Value Creation Report - Navigating Through Uncertain Times: The Importance of Fundamentals for Value Creation - is an analysis of the past five-year performance of 184 SEA companies listed on the primary exchanges of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. To be included in the analysis, a company needed to have market capitalization in excess of …