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Lo, Kai Ching. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-221). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgement --- p.vi ; Abstract --- p.viii ; INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter I. --- The Problem: A Brief Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter I.a. --- Research Problems --- p.1 ; Chapter I.b. --- The Subject Matters --- p.2 ; Chapter I.e. --- Conceptualization of the Subject Matters --- p.3 ; Chapter I.d. --- "The Orientation of the Research: Habermas, Luhmann, and Theory" --- p.6 ; Chapter I.e. --- Outline of the Research Result --- p.13 ; Chapter II. --- The Context --- p.17 ; Chapter II.a. --- Ethics and Morality in Modern Society --- p.17 ; Chapter II.b. --- Ethics and Morality in Sociology --- p.19 ; Chapter II.b.l. --- Durkheim and Weber: Conception of Ethics and Morality --- p.20 ; Chapter II.b.2. --- Successions and Revisions of Durkheim's and Weber's Perspectives --- p.25 ; Chapter II.b.3. --- Habermas's and Luhmann's Breakthrough --- p.29 ; Chapter III. --- The Framework --- p.31 ; Chapter III.a. --- The Use of Metatheory --- p.31 ; Chapter III.b. --- The Limitation of this thesis --- p.33 ; Chapter PART I. --- HABERMAS AND LUHMANN AS THE EXEMPLARS OF SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRIES OF ETHICS AND MORALITY --- p.35 ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Habermas's Discourse Ethics and The Theory of Communicative Action --- p.37 ; Chapter 1.1. --- Discourse Ethics --- p.38 ; Chapter 1.1.1. --- Discourse Ethics as the Sociology of Ethics and Morality --- p.40 ; Chapter 1.1.2. --- The Logic of Discourse Ethics --- p.46 ; Chapter 1.1.3. --- Morality and Ethical Life: From Philosophy and Politics to Sociology --- p.53 ; Chapter 1.2. --- The Theory of Communicative Action: The Sociological Foundation of Discourse Ethics --- p.61 ; Chapter 1.2.1. --- The Paradox of Rationalization and the Paradigmatic Change --- p.63 ; Chapter 1.2.2. --- Universal Pragmatics: The Foundation of Moral Order --- p.65 ; Chapter 1.2.3. --- Communicative Rationality and the Life world: The ...

Yau Man-Kuen. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 222-234). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Chapter Chapter 0 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter PART A: --- Logistics in Hong Kong 一 Overview and Prospects ; Chapter A.1 --- Study Objectives --- p.3 ; Chapter A.2 --- Methodology --- p.4 ; Chapter A.3 --- What is Logistics? --- p.4 ; Chapter A.3.1 --- Major Trends --- p.6 ; Chapter A.4 --- Key Features of the Logistics in Hong Kong & China --- p.8 ; Chapter A.4.1 --- China Industry --- p.8 ; Chapter A.4.2 --- National Developments in China --- p.13 ; Chapter A.4.3 --- Hong Kong Industry --- p.16 ; Chapter A.5 --- Growth Trends & Statistics for Hong Kong --- p.25 ; Chapter A.6 --- Competitive Analysis for Hong Kong as a Logistics Hub --- p.45 ; Chapter A.6.1 --- Current Industry Strengths --- p.45 ; Chapter A.6.2 --- Current Industry Weaknesses --- p.46 ; Chapter A.6.3 --- Competitiveness Challenges --- p.47 ; Chapter A.6.4 --- Future Opportunities --- p.51 ; Chapter A.7 --- Changing Conditions and Infrastructure Needs --- p.54 ; Chapter A.7.1 --- Trade --- p.54 ; Chapter A.7.2 --- Technology --- p.56 ; Chapter A.7.3 --- Investment --- p.56 ; Chapter A.7.4 --- Human Resources --- p.57 ; Chapter A.7.5 --- Government and Regulation --- p.58 ; Chapter A.8 --- Recommendations --- p.61 ; Chapter A.9 --- Conclusions --- p.64 ; Chapter A.10 --- Future Work --- p.65 ; Chapter PART B: --- Inventory Management with Advance Ordering ; Chapter Chapter B.1 --- Introduction --- p.66 ; Chapter B.1.1 --- Overview --- p.66 ; Chapter B.1.2 --- Literature Review --- p.69 ; Chapter Chapter B.2 --- Model Formulation --- p.72 ; Chapter B.2.1 --- Introduction --- p.72 ; Chapter B.2.2 --- Mathematical Model --- p.74 ; Chapter B.2.3 --- Preliminaries --- p.76 ; Chapter B.2.4 --- Table of variables --- p.77 ; Chapter Chapter B.3 --- Study of Window Size0 --- p.79 ; Chapter B.3.1 --- Introduction --- p.79 ; Chapter B.3.2 --- Mathematical Model --- p.79 ...

Wong Lai Fong Yvonne. ; Thesis submitted in: July 2005. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT --- p.ii ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv ; TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.v ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Common explanations of economic success --- p.2 ; Chapter i) --- Explanation from Neoclassical Economic Perspectives --- p.3 ; Chapter ii) --- Explanation from the Statist Perspective --- p.5 ; Chapter iii) --- Limitations of Neoclassical and Statist Perspectives --- p.7 ; Chapter iv) --- Importance of the interorganizational relationships perspective --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.3 --- The Research --- p.11 ; Chapter i) --- The choice of studying the software industry --- p.11 ; Chapter ii) --- Research questions and significance --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Layout --- p.13 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW: THE STUDY OF INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE IT INDUSTRY ; Chapter 2.1 --- Importance of Social Networks --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Theories in the Network Approach I - Social Embeddedness: The Fundamental Building Block of the Network Approach --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Theories in the Network Approach II - The Social Network Approach --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Theories in Network Approach III - Factors affecting the formation of networks --- p.22 ; Chapter i) --- Prior ties or pre-existing network --- p.22 ; Chapter ii) --- Expectations from social networks --- p.23 ; Chapter iii) --- Incentive schemes by government - industry promotion schemes nurturing public-private or private-private partnership --- p.26 ; Chapter iv) --- IT clusters --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Theories in Network Approach IV ´ؤ Interorganizational Alliances and Social Capital --- p.31 ; Chapter i) --- Interorganizational alliances and organizational outcomes --- p.31 ; Chapter ii) --- Enhanced performance through social capital --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.6 ...

Shin, Kei-Wah Victor. ; "November 2010." ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-198). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgments --- p.iv ; Table of Contents --- p.vi ; List of Tables --- p.ix ; List of Figures --- p.xii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Framing the Puzzles --- p.1 ; "INTRODUCING: ""The Curious Case of. a Fallen 'Asian Hollywood'""" --- p.3 ; METHOD AND DATA --- p.6 ; STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS --- p.12 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- ""The Blind Side"" of Existing Explanations" --- p.15 ; CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATIONS --- p.17 ; Triad Intrusion and Piracy --- p.17 ; Hasty and Unpolished Productions --- p.19 ; EXPLANATIONS DERIVED FROM THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES --- p.21 ; The Cultural Imperialism approach --- p.22 ; The Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.27 ; Suppositions related to the Cultural-flows/ Network approach --- p.32 ; The Reception approach --- p.36 ; The Cultural Policy and Strategies approach --- p.41 ; What about the Receiving Countries? --- p.46 ; THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL APPROACH --- p.48 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- The "Bloom´ح in the 1970s and the 1980s --- p.53 ; "THE ""BLOOM""" --- p.53 ; BRINGING IN THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL APPROACH --- p.57 ; THE INDUSTRIAL SETTING OF THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET VIS-A-VIS HOLLYWOOD --- p.59 ; THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET --- p.62 ; From Studio System to Independent Production System since the 1970s --- p.63 ; The Revenue-sharing Structure --- p.68 ; """CONCEPTIONS OF CONTROL"" IN THE HONG KONG FILM MARKET (1970s - 1980s)" --- p.70 ; Distributor-driven Exhibition --- p.72 ; Distributor-driven Production --- p.75 ; HONG KONG FILM INDUSTRY AT ITS PEAK IN THE LATE 1980s --- p.81 ; SUMMARY --- p.88 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- "The ""Twilight"" since the mid-1990s" --- p.91 ; WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 1990s? --- p.91 ; The Plot in Brief --- p.92 ; THE KEY TO SUCCESS TURNS INTO A SOURCE OF STRESS --- p.97 ; "Conventional Practices inscribed in the ...