HRM in Hong Kong since 1997

A diverse set of human resource management (HRM) practices became institutionalized during Hong Kong's industrialization from the 1950s through the 1970s within the context of an open economy, a government disinclined to intervene in business decisions or the labour market and a weak trade union movement. Economic restructuring, labour market changes and rising labour costs during the 1980s and 1990s pressured employers to find more effective ways of using their human resources. We focus on how the economic downturn following the Asian Financial Crisis has impacted on employment practices including employment security, compensation, skill formation, work reorganization and employment relations. We discuss changes in the public as well as private sector and argue that reforms in the former are loosening the rigidities of its highly structured internal labour market system. Public sector employment practices are thus likely to converge increasingly with the ‘best practices’ of private sector and overseas government HRM systems.     

内地与香港CEPA经济效应的实证分析

本文从实证分析的角度出发,运用区内贸易比重、巴拉萨模型、区内贸易流量、格鲁伯-劳艾德指标等工具,对祖国内地与香港CEPA的经济效应进行系统研究。CEPA的实施对香港、祖国内地的贸易影响不尽相同,就建立区域经济一体化的成本而言,香港比内地要低。     

关于进一步加强龙港经济合作的思考

香港与黑龙江省在资源条件、经济结构和发展水平等方面有很强的互补性和互惠性。龙港合作可以促进双方的产业升级和结构调整。本文针对龙港合作的现状和存在的问题，顺应龙港经济交流更趋紧密、合作领域由第二产业向服务业拓展、低层次合作方式向高度化方向发展的新趋势，提出应积极发挥政府的引导和推动作用，进一步加强龙港在产业结构调整和国有企业改制、吸纳国际资金、发展对俄经贸合作、发展现代服务业、旅游业方面的合作。     

Advertising in China and Hong Kong

A study of a selection of major US corporations was undertaken to determine how advertising budgets are appropriated. The relationship between profit and sales and the size of the advertising budget was examined to see if advertising allocations are being increasingly arrived at using ‘modern’ techniques such as mathematical decision rules or whether simple rules of thumb are still predominant in practice. Budget allocations for 80 companies to six media and their relations to sales and profit were also evaluated. Advertising budgets were examined in three matched categories: for brand advertising, for corporate advertising and for mixed advertising.     

论粤港澳经济一体化中的法制协调

粤港澳经济一体化需要法制协调."一国两制"下的经济一体化是粤港澳法制协调的逻辑起点.以此为视角,尊重现实、平等互利、共同发展为原则,强化、完善府际协议制度和磋商沟通机制,循序渐进地构建中国特色的区域统一立法是完善粤港澳法制协调的必由之路.     

Industrial Restructuring and Economic Growth

The last two decades have been a period of structural change in industrialised countries. The extent of this restructuring process has been different across countries and industries, though. In this paper we investigate the effect of lagging behind in the process of downsizing and deconcentration. We find empirical evidence of industries that experienced only little downsizing when compared internationally to experience less subsequent growth, on average. However, this effect is industry-dependent and its magnitude depends upon whether firm or establishment data are used. Technologically advanced industries are found to be particularly sensitive to (lack of) restructuring.     

Welcome to Hong Kong!

With the approaching 2008 Olym- pics,Hong Kong SAR,as one f competition hosting place ac- cumulates attention as well.At the mean time,this July 1 welcomes the Hong Kong SAWs l lth anniversary.To elaborate the charm of this city,China's Foreign Trade holds an interview with Mr.Mike ROWSE, Director-General of Investment Promotion at InvestHK.     

调整经济结构已迫在眉睫

<正>今日作为"世界加工厂"的中国,不仅需要"瞻前",而且还要"顾后":前面有发达国家的贸易壁垒与技术鸿沟,后面则有印度、墨西哥与东欧等"成本追兵"。中国必须思     

2004 Hong Kong Arts Festival

Every year during February and March the Hong Kong Arts Festival presents ashowcase of the best international, regional and local artists over a four weekperiod in Hong Kong. Established in 1972, the Festival's first Director hadbeen the director of the world renowned Edinburgh Festival. Since then the HongKong Arts Festival has gained a reputation as a leading international event. Theprogramme always includes a wide range of opera, classical music, dance, theatre,jazz and world music and it well reflects the cosmopolitan nature of Hong Kong andits status as an international city.     

Shanghai Accelerates Economic Restructuring

Since1992,Shanghaihasforfiveyearsinsuccessionmaintained13-14percenteconomicgrowth,whiletheGDPgrowthwaveco-efficiencyhasfallengreatlyfrom52.9percentintheSeventhFive-YearPlanperiodto25.6percent,usheringaperiodofthebestandfastestdevelopmentinthehistoryofShanghai.Totalsocialproductivityhaswitnessedanupwardtrend,withanannualaveragegrowthrateof14.1percent.In1991,GDPachievedbyeachindividuallaborerinShanghaisurpassedRMB10,000,andthefigurejumpedtoRMB36,000in1996.Theindustrialeconomicstructurebe…     

港台建立更紧密经贸关系的战略构想

港台建立更紧密经贸关系不仅具有重要的战略意义,而且存在可靠的法理依据,不仅符合WTO规范,而且具有国际实践上的可行性与现实的可能性.港台建立更紧密经贸关系要遵循WTO基本规则、平等互利与超越WTO谈判内容的原则,其内容不是固定的,主要是赋予港台贸易和投资活动一定的优惠待遇和便利条件,以造就港台经贸交流的特殊环境和发展条件.     

Guangdong and Hong Kong to Invite Bids

The Guangdong Department of Science and Technology announced that the governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong will continue jointly inviting bids for key projects in the region such as information and communication, biomedicine and medical equipment, new materials, agricultural processing technology and food safety, environmental protection and cleaning production technology.     

Culture's Consequences for Management in Hong Kong

In a recent review of Hofstede's comparative study of business practice and national cultures, 61 works replicating his methods are identified, and the critical four differences in the cultural dimension are ‘largely confirmed’. The only replication of Hofstede's study within IBM (his original sample vehicle) has largely validated the original model some twenty years later. These results seem to confirm the valuable contribution of Hofstede's work, although his model contains the limitations of all models; the simplification of reality into an understandable form cannot do justice to its complexity. In this paper, the main consequences of Hofstede's work for Hong Kong are reviewed. His proposition that culture and particularly social values influence economic activity and management, which is consequently ‘culture-bound’, is restated and supported by more recent studies.     

高效的中国香港船舶登记制度

根据国际公约和各国法规的规定。船舶登记是取得船舶所有权和船旗籍,确认其航行权的必要程序,同时也是确定船籍港,建立港航行政机关对于船舶的管辖关系,使船舶依法享受权利,承担义务的重要法定手续。     

"十一五"期间粤港经济合作思考

改革开放20多年来,粤港之间经济合作取得了举世瞩目的成就.但近年来,粤港两地在推动各自经济转型过程中和在产业定位及发展方向方面出现了一些不协调之处,给两地经济关系的进一步发展带来一些挑战.文章分析了"十一五"期间粤港经济合作面临的机遇,提出了在以后的粤港经济合作中广东应加强粤港合作中创新和香港应加强粤港经济合作中的应变的观点.     

Directors' attributes and corporate governance effectiveness in Hong Kong

The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of Hong Kong (HK) legal practitioners on how the major attributes of knowledge, continuous education, and qualification among directors in HK relate to their board of directors' corporate governance effectiveness. The results revealed that the respondents perceived directors' attributes in HK to be not good enough for discharging their legal obligations to their companies. The results also suggested that a company was more effectively governed if its directors were more qualified for their jobs and more familiar with company law and/or corporate governance.     

回归十年:我们眼中的香港

<正>回归十年,内地的普通居民会如何来看待这样一个历史事件,而在他们的心中,香港又是怎样的一个城市呢?零点研究咨询集团也对这一热门话题展开了调查,结果显示,内地普通居民对香港回归这一历史时刻印象深