Subcultures in Greater China: A Comparison of Managerial Values in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Managerial values in the three regions that form Greater China — Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China (PRC) — were compared. It is posited that in addition to Confucian philosophy, political and economic systems also have significant effects on the values of Chinese managers. Results show that despite the economic integration in Greater China, managerial values have yet to be unified. Managers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the PRC are convergent in collectivism and uncertainty avoidance. On the other hand, managers in the PRC demonstrated higher power distance and less concern about deadlines and plans than in managers Hong Kong and Taiwan. Materialism is also greater in the PRC and Hong Kong than in Taiwan.     

Managerial Values Across Cultures: Australia, Hong Kong and the United States

The relationship between personal managerial values and a range of important organisational variables has increasingly been recognised. Personal values are shaped by the wider cultural milieu in which the individual is socialised. Managers from different cultural contexts may therefore be expected to possess different work and business-related values. However, exposure to a more universalistic managerial ethos may also generate a degree of similarity in managerial values across cultural contexts. In order to examine these issues, the values and expectations of managers in Hong Kong (N = 653), Australia (N = 505) and the United States (N = 1,060) were compared. Both differences and similarities were revealed, leading to speculations about the relative impact of culture versus roles on managerial values.     

第二届穗港澳动漫游戏展开幕

10月1日，备受瞩目的第二届ACG穗港澳动漫游戏展在广州锦汉中心开幕。这一华南地区目前规模最大的动漫展开幕首日即吸引数万广州及珠三角漫迷蜂拥而至。     

Networks, Transactions, and Resources: Hong Kong Trading Companies' Strategic Position in the China Market

The author draws on network perspective, transaction cost perspective and resource-based perspective to analyze Hong Kong trading companies' strategic position in Western manufacturers' exports into China. The study examines the strategic position at different stages of market entry and from the views of both manufacturers and trading companies. The discussion shows that under certain conditions Hong Kong trading companies will enjoy and maintain important position in the market.     

Managing the Inter-Firm Cooperation Process: Exploratory Case Studies of Hong Kong Architects and Contractors

Researchers have suggested that both the contract and the process of inter-firm cooperation are important for its success. However, empirical knowledge of the inter-firm cooperation process is very limited. Drawing on extant literature on cooperation and competition and social exchange theory, we propose an action pattern model which describes the cooperating process in a parsimonious and systematic way. Twelve case studies were conducted on architect-contractor cooperation dyads in Hong Kong to explore the cooperation process using the lens of the action pattern model. Results gave rich anecdotal accounts of the three key parameters of the model: action acquiescence as a lubricant to deal with unspecified contractual situations, action simplicity as a signaling device to partners, and action reciprocity as a reward and punishment tactic. The implications of the action pattern model are discussed.     

One country,two systems: contrasting approaches to telecommunications deregulation in Hong Kong China

Telecommunications deregulation strategies have been self-evidently different in Hong Kong and China due to differences existing in political and economic systems. This paper will provide an overview of contemporary trends in telecommunications deregulation in these two territories. Comparisons will be drawn between the two systems with regard to ownership, foreign direct investment, respective regulatory frameworks and the government’s perseverance in propelling deregulation. The study clearly indicates that the shared goal of deregulation can be reached at different rates by different routes (‘policy paths’) dependent on situational contingencies.     

The impact of the regulatory framework on fixed-mobile interconnection settlements: the case of China and Hong Kong

Network interconnection is one of the most critical issues in the process of telecommunications deregulation. An improperly interconnected new network is not dissimilar to an isolated network, while network externality remains a concern for subscribers who are searching for demand-side economies of scope. Traditional studies mainly focus on formal mechanisms of setting an interconnection price, while this study indicates that an appropriate regulatory framework is also one of the most important factors in settling effective network interconnection arrangements.     

The development of information infrastructure in Hong Kong

Given its geographical advantage and economic integration with mainland China, Hong Kong has naturally become a major communications centre in the Asia-Pacific region. A growing number of international telecommunications and broadcasting companies are establishing business relations with Hong Kong. Hong Kong has also become the first place in the world to launch video-on-demand service. Although these companies are equipped with new technology, their developments have been impeded by the policy inertia of the Hong Kong Government. The objectives of this paper are to highlight some of the regulatory issues posed by the new technology and to make policy recommendations for the removal of the structural barriers impeding Hong Kong’s information infrastructure development.     

7月1日起我国将调整部分产品出口关税

据国家财政部消息,为促进稳定外需,调整出口结构,经国务院关税税则委员会审议,并报国务院批准,自7月1日起．我国对部分产品的出口关税进行调整,取消小麦、大米、大豆等粮食产品以及硫酸、钢丝等工业品的出口暂定关税,降低微细目滑石粉,中小型型钢,部分氟化工品,部分钨、钼、锢等有色金属及其中间品等产品的出口暂定关税。     

Zoning and Industrial Land Values: The Case of Philadelphia

This paper examines the market effects of zoning. Using the hedonic framework, we perform an empirical analysis that shows that lots zoned for industrial use in our study area are associated with a 58% price discount. The paper highlights the outcome of static zoning policies in a dynamic world. As the demand for industrial land in Philadelphia declined (resulting in vacancies), prices fell, but zoning was slow to adjust, therefore land conversion did not occur to re-equilibrate.     

The strategic and cultural legitimacy of HR professionalization in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, human resources (HR) practice has reached a point of professionalization not yet apparent in other parts of China creating opportunities for best practice diffusion across rapidly developing cities, provinces, and regions. The aim of this paper is to ascertain the strategic and cultural legitimacy of human resource management (HRM) in Hong Kong from the perspective of the occupation’s status as an emerging profession. Combining established theory on professions with documented insights from normative associational ideals, this paper derives four major sources of HR professionalization, which it entitles strategy, communication, administration, and discipline. Assuming that tasks performed by the most senior, qualified and experienced practitioners hold greatest empirical sway over the prospect of occupational association, this study finds that a combination of strategic and communication practices emerge as the two most likely routes to HR professionalization. Based on survey responses from a representative sample of 172 certified practitioners, the findings support the notion of HR as a strategic asset, raising important implications for the professional status of the occupation within an Asian management context.     

东北三省工业化-信息化-城镇化-农业现代化-绿色化的“五化”测度及其协调发展研究

本文以东北三省34个地级城市为研究对象,构建其工业化-信息化-城镇化-农业现代化-绿色化的“五化”评价指标体系,结合熵值赋权与耦合协调度模型测度“五化”发展水平并划分其协调阶段类型,借助空间插值分析模拟其高低值格局,研究表明：（1）工业化、信息化、城镇化的发展排序为：辽宁>吉林>黑龙江,农业现代化与绿色化优势排序为：黑龙江>吉林>辽宁;三省农业现代化与绿色化发展超前于城镇化,工业化与信息化滞后显著;（2）“五化”综合空间分布呈现以“哈尔滨-长春”向外扩散的不规则圈层区域,以沈阳和大连为核心的高值区波及范围狭窄,黑龙江东部、辽源-通化、朝阳-阜新、本溪-丹东所在的吉林南端、辽东与辽西为低值地带;“五化”各自格局均呈现不均衡态势,工业化、信息化、城镇化、绿色化“四化”格局类似,农业现代化呈现由北向南递减的阶梯式格局;（3）沈阳、哈尔滨、长春、大连高级别的“五化”增长型城市与鹤岗、双鸭山、白山、辽源、七台河、本溪低水平“五化”衰退型城市差距较大,沈阳工业化、城镇化与绿色化、哈尔滨的信息化、齐齐哈尔的农业现代化位居首位;多数城市农业现代化超前于其它四化发展;（4）三省“五化”处于轻度失调衰退类型,“五化”协调发展排序为：辽宁>吉林>黑龙江,沈阳、长春、大连与哈尔滨为初级协调发展,吉林与大庆为濒临失调衰退,轻度失调衰退的城市比重最大。     

Commitment to Company and Union: Evidence from Hong Kong

This article examines the pattern and antecedents of employee commitment to company and union in the Hong Kong context. Findings are consistent with those from the United States. In general, company and union commitment have different antecedents, although the perceived industrial relations climate is a common predictor. Dual commitment is in evidence. Union membership is a function of union commitment. The findings caution against attempts to explain the pattern of Hong Kong industrial relations purely in terms of culture.     

34届香港玩具展元月7日开幕同期举办第8期香港国际文具展

由香港贸易发展局（贸发局）主办的香港玩具展规模为亚洲之最，在全球排名第二，第34届的展览将于2008年1月7日至10日于香港会议展览中心举行。     

New technology and Hong Kong telephone workers

Most studies of technological change in telecommunications have researched incremental shifts within the analogue switching paradigm. This paper takes the case of the shift to digital switching in Hong Kong's public telephone network. It focuses upon how this change was managed and the consequential changes in labour relations.     

Interlocking Directorates, Firm Strategies, and Performance in Hong Kong: Towards a Research Agenda

Filling a gap in the interlocks literature which has been largely centered on the West, we present preliminary data on the pattern of interlocking directorates among the top 200 largest corporations in pre-1997 Hong Kong. Then we identify four separate groups of firms in Hong Kong, and suggest propositions based on the resource dependence perspective on the critical relationships among their interlocking directorates, firm strategies, and performance. These propositions have the potential to form the building block of an emerging research agenda that will shed light on the role of interlocking directorates in an increasingly important part of the world.