Caregiving Needs for 2020: Implications for Hong Kong and Other Newly Industrialized Countries

The Elderly ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 305-310
Author(s):  
Marie E. Cowart ◽  
William J. Serow
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries

Approaches to the Politics of Economic Growth in Southeast Asia

1991 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 818-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Doner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Commodity Production ◽  
The Pacific

The pacific rim's record of impressive economic growth over the past twenty years is now well known. While most obvious in Japan, this expansion has been striking in the East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs): Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. But it has also occurred to varying degrees in four of the original members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. In addition to increases in overall output, each of these four economies has achieved a considerable degree of restructuring in favor of manufacturing and away from commodity production since the 1970s (e.g., Lee and Naya 1988:S134).

Where Have All the Workers Gone?

2019 ◽  
pp. 123-143
Author(s):  
Chris K. C. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Grassroots Organizations ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries ◽  
Legislative Council ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Service Centre ◽  
Supportive Role

This chapter examines the role of trade unions during the Umbrella Movement. One would expect democratic trade unions in Hong Kong to follow in the footsteps of their counterparts in other newly industrialized countries (NICs) and play a key role in the Umbrella Movement. However, trade unions and grassroots organizations played only a supportive role. The failure of trade unions to call a general strike and their alliance with grassroots organizations that had a limited capacity to mobilize workers' participation have significantly weakened trade unions' political influence during the movement and led to their marginalization in the first post-Umbrella Movement Legislative Council (LegCo) election and afterwards. The limitations of the democratic trade unions to mobilize their members during the Umbrella Movement in turn are due to structural, institutional, and ideological factors, namely political division in trade unionism, weak workplace organizing power, and the liberal ideology of the political elites in Hong Kong. Although this chapter focuses more on the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), the main trade union center in the prodemocracy camp, the analysis also covers grassroots organizations such as Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) as they are also part of the democratic labor movement broadly.

scholarly journals Analysis of Import Demand for Wooden Beds in the U.S.

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 643-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Wan ◽  
Changyou Sun ◽  
Donald L. Grebner
Keyword(s):  
Trade Diversion ◽  
Import Demand ◽  
Demand System ◽  
Almost Ideal Demand System ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Depression Effect ◽  
Trade Pattern ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries ◽  
Antidumping Duties ◽  
The U.S

The market of wooden beds in the U.S. has been flooded with imports from China and Vietnam in recent years. Static and dynamic Almost Ideal Demand System models are used to assess the import demand for wooden beds from the top seven supplying countries. The analyses reveal that the antidumping investigation on China has some temporary trade depression effect on China, but trade diversion occurs to Vietnam, Indonesia, Canada, and Brazil. The formal implementation of antidumping duties since 2005 has not shown any significant effect on the trade pattern. U.S. consumers spend more on beds from newly industrialized countries and there are moderate degrees of substitution among wooden beds from most countries.

Nanotechnology, Long Waves, and Future of Manufacturing Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 2053-2080
Author(s):  
Cem Okan Tuncel ◽  
Ayda Polat
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Wave Theory ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries ◽  
Long Wave ◽  
The Impact

This study concerns the long wave theory of capitalist development with an aim to discuss and analyze the impact of nanotechnology on manufacturing industry. Long wave theory was asserted by Russian economist Kondratieff and it states the capitalist development with subsequent cycles which last 40 to 60 years each. The theory of Kondratieff was also contributed by other scholars as Schumpeter, Freeman, and Perez. Our research attempts to review how nanotechnology contributes economic growth, and how it changes the structure of manufacturing industry at the eve of the sixth Kondratieff wave. This structure was examined by using comparative case study of European Union, East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries and Middle East and North African (MENA) countries.

Financial Analysis of the ICT Industry

2010 ◽  
pp. 105-135
Author(s):  
Somesh K. Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Ict Industry

Analysis of financial issues for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector is an essential element to study the progress of the sector, and especially the analysis should relate to the regulatory perspective of the country, if it would judge the overall e-government scenario of that country. Along this context, this chapter attempts to quantify the technical efficiency of the ICT sector in 45 countries during 2002-03, and in 52 countries during 2006-07 by using DEA method; Malmquist index of productivity growth in the ICT sector in 45 countries between these two periods; the proportions of the productivity growth attributable to efficiency change and technical change; and the effect on total factor productivity (TFP) of catching-up, the export ratio, broadband policy, and technical readiness using a regression analysis. As a result, the chapter finds that the ICT sectors in South Korea and Argentina were relatively efficient in 2002-03, while in 2006-07, the ICT sectors in Bahrain, Brazil, and Sweden showed relative efficiency. Furthermore, the productivity growth in the ICT sector in developing and newly industrialized countries is slightly higher than the growth in developed and transition countries, suggesting the catching-up of developing and newly industrialized countries. This catching-up effect is also confirmed in the regression analysis. Finally, this chapter concludes that, technological readiness, which is a measure of the agility with which an economy adopts existing technologies, has a positive impact on TFP growth.

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