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Private Businesses In China : Emerging Environment And Managerial Behavior, Kong Wing, Clement Chow, Chung Ming Lau, Hang Yue Ngo
Private Businesses In China : Emerging Environment And Managerial Behavior, Kong Wing, Clement Chow, Chung Ming Lau, Hang Yue Ngo
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
This paper reviews the development and contribution of private businesses to the Chinese economy. The political and market environment are analyzed to picture the current position of private businesses in the national economy. Major characteristics of private businesses and their owners are presented through three survey results conducted in different periods. Managerial implications, in terms of macro environment, competition, resources, management structure and governance, and leadership and human resources are discussed.
Profitability, Ownership Structure And Technical Efficiency Of Enterprises In P.R. China : A Case Of Manufacturing Industries In Shanghai, Kong Wing, Clement Chow, Ka Yiu, Michael Fung, Kai Hong, Ken Wan
Profitability, Ownership Structure And Technical Efficiency Of Enterprises In P.R. China : A Case Of Manufacturing Industries In Shanghai, Kong Wing, Clement Chow, Ka Yiu, Michael Fung, Kai Hong, Ken Wan
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
This paper studies the relationship between accounting profits and technical efficiency of manufacturing enterprises in Shanghai during the period of 1989-1992 and examines which factors affect the profitability of manufacturing enterprises. We first estimate the average technical efficiency of four major manufacturing industries in Shanghai. Then, we test for the presence of ownership effects of technical efficiency on profits of those enterprises in these four industries.
Tqm In The Construction Industry In Hong Kong : A Supply Chain Management Perspective, Shiu Ho, Alfred Wong
Tqm In The Construction Industry In Hong Kong : A Supply Chain Management Perspective, Shiu Ho, Alfred Wong
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
TQM is increasingly being adopted by construction companies as initiatives to solve quality problems in the construction industry and to meet the needs of the final customer. However, TQM should incorporate the integrated quality management activities of members in the supply chain. This supply chain context is especially salient in the qua1ity assurance of construction projects as a general contractor often out-sources most of the construction work to other members in the supply chain i.e. its suppliers and subcontractors. Therefore, this paper aims to delineate the supply chain management issues in total quality for construction projects. Through the use of …
從公有到私有企業 : 中國勞資關係的轉型, Kwok Keung Chow
從公有到私有企業 : 中國勞資關係的轉型, Kwok Keung Chow
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
本文剖析國內官方勞動關係的傳統觀念，好像工人當家、罷工是極左思想等，如何在改革開放下出現本質的變化，相應地令勞動力市場也同時開放，亦令私有企業得以發展，也就令勞動關係出現轉型的現象，並進一步帶動了九十年代的《工會法》、《勞動法》等用作調整新勞動關係的法律相繼出台。為此，本文建議當局須從工會的運作和職能的重新確認上、勞動立法的擴展上、集體協約的建立上，以及勞動爭議的處理手法上等四方面來加以應付。
A Study On Employees Retraining Programmes In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong
A Study On Employees Retraining Programmes In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
Hong Kong has experienced an economic transformation from a manufacturing-based to a service-based economy which has impacted on the demand for manual labour. In 1992, Employee Retraining Board was set up to provide employees retraining programmes to the unemployed manual workers. This study focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of the programmes in helping the unemployed manual workers to acquire and develop knowledge, skills and abilities so that they can re-enter the labour market. The evaluation is based on assessment of training needs, course design in terms of programme structure and content, course evaluation, and follow-up services conducted by the selected …
Eastern Traditional Business Values : Mercantile Patron Gods In Hong Kong = 東方傳統企業價值 : 香港的行業神崇拜, Kwok Keung Chow
Eastern Traditional Business Values : Mercantile Patron Gods In Hong Kong = 東方傳統企業價值 : 香港的行業神崇拜, Kwok Keung Chow
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
During the past decade there has been an increasing recognition in business organizations of the importance of establishing their organizational culture in Hong Kong. Executives and managers want to know how to manage organizational culture for achieving excellence in performance but they always ignored some important functions played by the worship of mercantile patron gods. This paper represents the culminated review of a series of case studies based on many interviews with some traditional guilds, trades and organizations in Hong Kong on their worship practice of their mercantile patron gods from a variable perspective of organizational culture. It acknowledges that …
Women's Employment Status In Two Japanese Retail Stores In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong
Women's Employment Status In Two Japanese Retail Stores In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
This study examines the employment status of women employees working for two Japanese department stores in Hong Kong. Empirical evidence reveals that Japanese expatriate managers brings sexist cultural values which discriminate against women in the host-country environment because a majority of local female employees are employed in lower hierarchical positions at the bottom of the organisational and managerial pyramid, whilst male employees occupied most of the professional and managerial positions at the top . This paper discusses the situation in which female employees are likely to be discriminated against for senior management from the perspectives of horizontal and vertical job …
A Study Of Employment System Of Japanese Multinational Retailers In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong
A Study Of Employment System Of Japanese Multinational Retailers In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
This study examines the employment system of Japanese multinational retailing corporations in Hong Kong through two case companies - Morioka and Okadaya. The human resource management (HRM) practices – recruitment and selection, remuneration, and training and development - of the companies are studied. The different HRM practices applied to different groups of employees within each case company are compared using an employment systems model. The employment system is structured and mu1ti-layered. The development of the structured employment system is then analysed in relation to the cultural and sectoral factors. It is shown that the cultural characteristics of the Japanese parent …