Co-Producing Cross-Border Action: Technologies of Contact, Masculinity and the Asia-Pacific Border

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Stephanie DeBoer
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Cross Border

scholarly journals Are Cross-Border Classes Feasible for Students to Collaborate in the Analysis of Energy Efficiency Strategies for Socioeconomic Development While Keeping CO2 Concentration Controlled?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1584
Author(s):  
Roberto Araya ◽  
Pedro Collanqui
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
School Students ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Science Classes

Education is critical for improving energy efficiency and reducing CO2 concentration, but collaboration between countries is also critical. It is a global problem in which we cannot isolate ourselves. Our students must learn to collaborate in seeking solutions together with others from other countries. Thus, the research question of this study is whether interactive cross-border science classes with energy experiments are feasible and can increase awareness of energy efficiency among middle school students. We designed and tested an interactive cross-border class between Chilean and Peruvian eighth-grade classes. The classes were synchronously connected and all students did experiments and answered open-ended questions on an online platform. Some of the questions were designed to check conceptual understanding whereas others asked for suggestions of how to develop their economies while keeping CO2 air concentration at acceptable levels. In real time, the teacher reviewed the students’ written answers and the concept maps that were automatically generated based on their responses. Students peer-reviewed their classmates’ suggestions. This is part of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) education project on energy efficiency using APEC databases. We found high levels of student engagement, where students discussed not only the cross-cutting nature of energy, but also its relation to socioeconomic development and CO2 emissions, and the need to work together to improve energy efficiency. In conclusion, interactive cross-border science classes are a feasible educational alternative, with potential as a scalable public policy strategy for improving awareness of energy efficiency among the population.

scholarly journals Cross-Border M&A Motives and Home Country Institutions: Role of Regulatory Quality and Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 468
Author(s):  
Peter Zámborský ◽  
Zheng Joseph Yan ◽  
Erwann Sbaï ◽  
Matthew Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Over Time

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between home country institutions and cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) motives of MNEs from the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on the role of regulatory quality and dynamics. We empirically examine how M&A motives are affected by elements related to risk of the institutional environment of the acquiring firm’s home country regulatory quality over time. The study is grounded in the general theory of springboard MNEs, and the institutional views of cross-border operations, namely the institutional escapism and institutional fostering perspectives. Using data on over 700 cross-border M&As of European firms by Asia-Pacific MNEs in 2007–2017, we analyze the rationales for these deals and their relationship to the institutional characteristics of the buyers’ home countries including regulatory quality and voice and accountability. We found that the quality of home country regulatory environment is significantly related to domestic firms’ motivation for international M&As. However, the significance and sign of the effects differ for different types of motives and over time. Our findings contribute to the literature on general versus emerging MNE-specific internationalization theories (particularly the theory of springboard MNEs) by expounding on the types and dynamics of cross-border M&A motives.

Why Don't Asians Invest in Asia? The Determinants of Cross-Border Portfolio Holdings

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia García-Herrero ◽  
Philip Wooldridge ◽  
Doo Yong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Portfolio Holdings ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Advanced Industrial Economies ◽  
European Economies ◽  
Source Countries

This paper seeks to understand why Asian foreign investment is concentrated in financial markets outside of the region instead of in Asian markets. We analyze empirically the geographical composition of the cross-border portfolio holdings of more than 40 source countries. We compare these benchmark results with those of four subgroups: advanced industrial economies, emerging market economies, European economies, and Asia-Pacific economies. The lack of liquidity in Asian financial markets turns out to be one reason why Asian capital is invested predominantly outside the region, notwithstanding the short distances and large trade flows between Asian economies. Initiatives to improve the liquidity of Asian financial markets, therefore, may be a useful way to stimulate financial integration within the region.

scholarly journals Formation of cross-border cooperation of Russia: The Far East aspect

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-118
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Zykov
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Stable Form ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Eastern Border ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article highlights the dynamics of the development of cross-border format of cooperation in Russia and the connection of its Far East to intensive relations with neighboring countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The transformation of the constitutional foundations of the Russian state at the end of the XX century made possible the interaction of actors of political relations at two levels: with foreign and domestic partners. The author of the article reconstructs the dynamics of the formation of the reference points of the metamorphosis of the system of public administration and political relations of different actors of cross-border cooperation in Russia. There are four stages of the uneven process of institutionalization, corresponding to the four periods of political and socio-spatial development of the Far Eastern border society. The domestic model has not yet received the final stable form, but it has acquired its unique characteristics.

Climate Change and Trade Facilitation: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emission Savings from Implementation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific

2021 ◽  
pp. 263168462110355
Author(s):  
Yann Duval ◽  
Simon Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Framework Agreement ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Pacific

The Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific entered into force in February 2021. While economic benefits associated with paperless trade facilitation are well known, little attention has been paid to measuring the potential environmental benefits. Accordingly, this article sets out to quantify the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that could be saved if all trade-related paper documents in the region are ultimately replaced by digital documents and data exchange, as foreseen in the regional framework agreement. This is carried out by combining detailed descriptions of trade transactions, data on trading volumes and relevant emission factors. Even with conservative assumptions, the emissions saved by fully digitalising a single end-to-end trade transaction are equivalent to planting 1.5 trees. For the Asia-Pacific, this implies savings of about 13 million tons of CO2e annually, equivalent to the carbon absorbed by 400 million trees. The results are driven by efficiency gains from handling data digitally rather than by the direct savings of paper and ink. JEL Classification: F18, H83, Q56

scholarly journals External economic activity of the leading sectors of the marine economy of the Pacific Russia: current trends of the crossborder cooperation

2021 ◽  
Vol 885 (1) ◽  
pp. 012025
Author(s):  
A V Moshkov ◽  
O S Kornienko
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

Abstract Pacific Russia is a region with a unique natural resource and economic potential, where effective socio-economic development is possible due to its favourable economic and geographical location and cross-border cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. An important role in the development of foreign economic cooperation belongs to the sectors of the marine industry. At the same time, it should be noted that the commodity structure of exports from the Pacific region of Russia is dominated by products with low added value, and in the structure of imports, on the contrary, manufacturing products. The current trends in cross-border cooperation are due to the current structure of production in Pacific Russia, the influence of natural resource and transport factors, and the demand of foreign consumers. In Pacific Russia, there are coastal (Pacific) “Northern” and “Southern” socio-economic zones - in the “Northern”, there is the highest share of mining, production and distribution of electricity; in the “Southern” – a high share of fishing and fish farming, manufacturing, services, transport and communications.

scholarly journals Wealth effects of business takeover announcements: The case of Australian acquirers’ shareholders

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 758-771
Author(s):  
Shrimal Perera ◽  
Jayasinghe Wickramanayake ◽  
Ankit Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Wealth Effect ◽  
Wealth Effects ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Short Horizon

Australia has accounted for over 51 percent of mergers and acquisitions in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) during 2004-2006. This paper investigates the short-horizon and long-horizon wealth effects experienced by shareholders of Australian acquirers following these domestic and cross-border business takeover announcements. The sample consists of 197 announcements. Results for domestic acquisitions suggest that acquirers’ shareholders endure abnormal returns in the range of -1.07% and -1.86% per day in the short-horizon. The long-horizon wealth effects, however, were found to be inconclusive. Results for cross-border acquisitions show that acquirers’ shareholders endure abnormal returns in the range of 1.02% and 1.26% per day in the short-horizon. This positive wealth effect, however, dissipates in the long-horizon.

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