An Econometric Study of Inbound Tourism Demand in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: A Case Study of Mainland China

In this study, we quantify the link between climate variables, such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, number of tropical cyclones, and number of thunderstorms, and seasonal variation in the Hong Kong inbound tourism demand from mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan using the average Euclidean distance (AED) statistics and tourism demand modeling approach. Seasonal variation is measured as the fluctuation in the number of tourists from one season to another. Based on the smallest AED value, results of this study showed that climate variables play a dominant role in shaping seasonal variation relative to season and country. The fluctuation of tourist numbers from one season to another is determined not only by climate variables (e.g., the temperature of Hong Kong vs. the temperature in the country of origin of the tourist) but also by economic factors, including price and income. The variation in the impact of relative temperature depends on the country of origin.

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Fighting For Control Power Of GOME Inc.: A Case Study

Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) ◽

10.19030/jbcs.v7i6.6477 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (6) ◽

pp. 23-38

Author(s):

Yinfang Huang ◽

Chia-Hsing Huang ◽

Xueqi Li

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Financial Markets ◽

Corporate Finance ◽

Mainland China ◽

Good News ◽

Graduate Courses ◽

Control Power ◽

Professional Manager ◽

Electrical Appliance

At 2:30pm, September 28, 2010, a special shareholder meeting for GOME is called by the largest shareholder of GOME, Guangyu Huang, to be held on the first floor of Regal Hotels, 88 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. GOME Electrical Appliances is one of the largest electrical appliance retailers in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Huang Guangyu, the founder and largest shareholder of GOME, is currently in jail. The purpose of this meeting is to vote on the eight items on the agenda, including deposing the professional manager, Xiao Chen, from the CEO position of GOME. Should the investors support the largest shareholder or the professional manager? It may be the toughest problem GOME has faced in its history. It seems that no matter who wins, the result may not be good news to GOME and its investors. This case is about corporate governance and agency problems and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in Investment, Corporate Finance and Financial Markets.

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One Country, Two Nationalisms: Center-Periphery Relations between Mainland China and Hong Kong, 1997–2016

Modern China ◽

10.1177/0097700417691470 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 523-556 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Brian C. H. Fong

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Mainland China ◽

Joint Declaration ◽

Basic Law ◽

One Country Two Systems ◽

Twentieth Anniversary ◽

City State ◽

Political Economic ◽

High Degree

According to the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law, Hong Kong was to exercise a high degree of autonomy under the framework of “one country, two systems” after the British handover of its sovereignty to China in 1997. In the initial post-handover period, Beijing adopted a policy of nonintervention in Hong Kong, but the outbreak of the July 1, 2003 protest triggered a subsequent change of policy. Since then, Beijing has embarked on state-building nationalism, adopting incorporation strategies so as to subject Hong Kong to greater central control over the political, economic, and ideological arenas. Ironically, instead of successfully assimilating Hongkongese into one Chinese nation, Beijing’s incorporation strategies are leading to a rise of peripheral nationalism in the city-state and waves of counter-mobilization. This article analyzes mainland–Hong Kong relations on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the handover and offers insights from an emerging case study that builds upon the nationalism literature.

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The Transferability of Public Housing Policy Within Asia: Reflections from the Hong Kong-Mainland China Case Study

The Future of Public Housing ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-41622-4_1 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 3-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rebecca L. H. Chiu

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Public Housing ◽

Housing Policy ◽

Mainland China

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Insights from an MSN Corpus

Computer-Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-868-0.ch005 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 60-94

Author(s):

Adams B. Bodomo

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Instant Messaging ◽

Computer Mediated Communication ◽

Mainland China ◽

Linguistic Features ◽

Mediated Communication ◽

Computer Mediated ◽

Instant Communication

In this chapter I look closely at one type of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), Microsoft Network (MSN) instant messaging. MSN instant communication is quite popular among the youth in most parts of the world. In Hong Kong, it has fast replaced I-seek-you (ICQ) and QQ (in mainland China) as one of the primary instant communication tools among the youth. In this chapter I will be looking particularly at the linguistic features of this kind of communication. More specifically, Hong Kong being a trilingual and biliterate society, one would want to see how participants juggle these languages within the medium of the MSN instant messaging and what linguistic features are thus produced. As is usual with most chapters our observations are based on a case study. So first I present this study in the next section. A distinctive feature of this chapter from some others is that I present and describe a comprehensive corpus as an example of an actual CMC exchanges. This will give us insights into the actual communication sessions of young people who use MSN in Hong Kong.

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Dual-Identity Incompatibility as a Cause of Radicalization: A Case Study of Hong Kong

Issues & Studies ◽

10.1142/s1013251121500041 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2150004

Author(s):

Vitrierat Sophia Ng

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Mainland China ◽

Past Research ◽

Local Identity ◽

Moral Principles ◽

Dual Identity ◽

Quantitative Analyses ◽

Zero Sum

This study focuses on increasing support for radical means among the Hong Kong youth. Previous studies have suggested the incompatibility between two components of a dual identity as a cause of radicalization, yet few have explored the mechanics of this process in detail. This study employs qualitative methods to investigate how the growing incompatibility between the identity of Hong Kong citizens as Hongkongers and as Chinese may contribute to radicalization among tertiary students. This study first conducted quantitative analyses to confirm the positive relationship between identity incompatibility and support for radical means. Past research has argued that nested identities should not be perceived as mutually exclusive. However, qualitative interviews revealed that some respondents did perceive the two identities in zero-sum terms and saw mainland China as a “cultural other.” Our study distinguished these two types of identity incompatibilities as either an “ambiguous incompatibility” or a “manifest incompatibility.” We propose that a “manifest incompatibility” has contributed to radicalization through three pathways: (1) pathways defined by the need for an identity, (2) emotional pathways, and (3) ideological pathways. Support for radical means is likely driven by a variety of factors that include perceived threats to a local identity, the negative emotions that accompany identity incompatibility, and the adoption of a new ideology that involves the rejection of previously accepted moral principles. By illuminating the possible mechanisms that explain how identity incompatibility may lead to a rise in support for the use of radical means, this study not only contributes to the theoretical discussion on radicalization but also sheds light on the widespread participation in recent protests in Hong Kong.

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A case study of Hong Kong--Mainland China joint venture

10.5353/th_b3126942 ◽

1998 ◽

Author(s):

Kun-ho, Eric Wong

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Mainland China

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Impacts of Tourism Demand on Retail Property Prices in a Shopping Destination

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12041361 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1361 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yan Liu ◽

Linchuan Yang ◽

Kwong Wing Chau

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Mainland China ◽

Hedonic Pricing ◽

Tourism Demand ◽

Price Effect ◽

Tourist Destinations ◽

Property Prices ◽

Before And After ◽

Retail Property ◽

Implicit Prices

Understanding the relationship between tourism demand and retail property prices is of great significance to tourist destinations, especially shopping destinations. The increase in tourism demand may alter the implicit prices of certain retail property characteristics (e.g., age and accessibility to transit). This study examines how tourism demand (measured by tourist volume) affects retail property prices in the tourist precinct of a shopping destination, namely Hong Kong. The implementation of the policy Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) in 2003 in Hong Kong has substantially increased tourist shoppers from Mainland China, and it is used as a quasi-natural experiment of the increased tourist volume. Spatial and non-spatial hedonic pricing models are developed based on the ground-floor retail property transaction data of Causeway Bay, Hong Kong before and after the IVS (1993–2011). The findings of this study are as follows. (1) Accessibility to transit has a larger positive price effect after the implementation of the IVS. (2) The implicit price of accessibility to accommodation facilities is not significantly altered by the implementation of the IVS. (3) Age has a larger negative price effect after the implementation of the IVS. The first two outcomes are related to the economic concerns of tourist shoppers, while the last can be explained by their hometown experience. Finally, practical implications are discussed.

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