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By Sergio Stone & Roy L. Sturgeon. Published September 2008 by GlobaLex. GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools in order to accommodate the needs of an increasingly global educational and practicing legal world.
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Hong%20Kong.htm
Keywords: China, East Asia, Hong Kong, Law and legislation,
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2point6billion.com is a blog specifically dedicated to comment and dialogue on matters of China & India trade, development, investment opportunities, politics, and the impact these two huge emerging markets are having on the international business community. 2point6billion.com was designed by the China-India business advisory and tax consultancy Dezan Shira & Associates, main contributors to China Briefing and India Briefing, to enable western and international businessmen, in addition to their Indian and Chinese counterparts, to examine, discuss and explore the complexities of these two huge markets, conducting business with and within them, and the likely impact this will have on their own companies, countries, and globalization in general.
http://www.2point6billion.com/
Keywords: Business. Management, China, Development, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic development, Economic issues, In Focus, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 16, In Focus 2010 Week 23, India, Politics and society, South Asia,
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38 North is a website devoted to analysis of North Korea. While it strives to break new ground, the site’s main objective is to bring the best possible analysis to all those who work on North Korea for a living and those who are just interested in what happens there. Too often analysis of the North is permeated by inexperience, littered with inaccurate information or grounded in just plain bad deductive reasoning. We believe no one really knows for sure what is going on in North Korea but we can at least try to understand the possibilities. And anyone who professes certainty should be viewed with the greatest skepticism.
http://38north.org/
Keywords: Conflict resolution, Conflicts. Terrorism, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 21, In Focus 2010 Week 29, North Korea, Politics and society,
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A case study of HIV prevention in reform-era Shanghai : from a risk to an enabling environment / Jacinthe Dumont. - Lund : Lund University, 2008. - 58 p. (Working papers in contemporary Asian studies ; 26) The purpose of this study was to understand how the transformations taking place in reform-era Shanghai affected HIV/AIDS from a prevention perspective, both in terms of risks and opportunities. Three main questions were asked: what is the situation of HIV/AIDS in Shanghai, how are the transformations taking place in Shanghai during the reform era contributing to the creation of a risk environment, and how can an enabling environment emerge out of the reform-era context. Primary data was collected during an eleven-month fieldwork in Shanghai, and an environmental analytical framework was used to guide our analysis. We found that the rapid development of Shanghai since the 1990s was also accompanied by a serious increase in sexually transmitted infections and, more recently, HIV/AIDS. The greater influence of globalization processes in the open-door policy context combined with certain institutional changes would have contributed to the creation of a risk environment in Shanghai. On the other hand, we have argued that the emergence of new players and new tools in the reform era is promising from a prevention perspective, especially if current barriers to multi-sectoral participation and cooperation are removed.
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506055271.pdf
Keywords: China, East Asia, Health, Nordic Perspective, Publications, Shanghai, Sweden,
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A comparative analysis of business corruption in Russia and China / Denis Korobkov, Zhihua Liu, Mingshi Yue. - Uppsala : Uppsala University. Department of Business Studies, 2010. - 48 p. (Master's thesis)
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-126896
Keywords: Business. Management, China, East Asia, Nordic Perspective, Publications, Sweden,
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A comparison between Japan and Norway regarding ILO Convention No. 169 / Kanako Uzawa. - Tromsø : Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø, 2007. - 121 p. (Master's thesis) Who defines indigenous peoples, and in whose interests does the definition serve? If there is a definition that is regulated in relation to indigenous peoples, how much does it the protect rights of indigenous peoples? Considering these questions as my point of departure, I have chosen to do a comparative study on the Sami in Norway and the Ainu in Japan in the context of ILO Convention No. 169. There are great differences between the Sami and Ainu in terms of governmental policy, legal frameworks, institutional structures, levels of domestic and international movement, awareness of human rights, and social atmospheres, especially given the fact that Norway is the first country to ratify ILO Convention No. 169. A main focus of this thesis is to pursue understanding the causes of those differences as well as similarities focusing. Moreover, how ILO Convention No. 169 has or has not been implemented at the domestic and international level is another main focus in this thesis. The thesis relies on an interview method to clarify the facts, and draws upon different levels to illustrate the topic by using texts and by interviewing people who have various perspectives on the issue. For instance, I interviewed Sami representatives who have been involved with the process of ratification of the ILO Convention No. 169 at the international and domestic levels and the Ainu representatives who have dealt with the international and domestic issue. Also, the government officials and ILO representatives also provided a different perspective on this matter. Finally, the thesis concludes with description of the dilemma that has been created in the process of legal and political development of the Sami and Ainu, and it suggests possible solutions for these matters in the future. The thesis focuses mainly on the legal perspective; but also by using the author’s own subjective experience as a point of reference it brings into focus other dimensions of indigenous politics, knowledge, and reality.
http://www.ub.uit.no/munin/bitstream/10037/1261/2/thesis.pdf
Keywords: East Asia, Ethnic groups, Japan, Nordic Perspective, Norway, Population, Publications, Social conditions,
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A comparison of the venture capitalists´ investment behavior pattern between China and America / Chang Liu. - Umeå : Umeå University. Umeå School of Business, 2010. - (Master's thesis) This paper conducts a comparison study between the America and China, to figure out the investment behavior pattern of the venture capitalists throughout the four investment stages: selecting, structure and monitoring, value-adding and exiting in the both countries and try to identify the differences in the end. The empirical findings are abundant, a lot of differences do exist between America and China and which is also consistent with parts of my hypothesis, especially in the aspects of decision making, contracts design and value-added performance. The practical implications could be very helpful to both investors and entrepreneurs who would have better understand of the venture capital market and the VCs’ behavior patterns in the two countries since then.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-34287
Keywords: China, East Asia, Economic issues, Investment, Nordic Perspective, Publications, Sweden,
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Includes introduction to the legal system and legal information system of the PRC, sources to the laws of the PRC and online resources. Self description: "LLRX.com is the premier free, independent, one person produced Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools."
http://www.llrx.com/features/prc.htm
Keywords: China, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 29, In Focus 2008 Week 30, In Focus 2008 Week 31, Law and legislation,
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A critical view on CSR in different business environments : a comparison of CSR between Sandvik Sweden, and State Grid Corporation, China / Jieyi Lei, Hui Ou. - Gävle : University of Gävle. Department of Business Administration and Economics, 2009. - 43 p. (Master's thesis) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a global trend in different countries with diverse policy, culture, and CSR perspective and development level. Thus, we want to analysis CSR in different business environments and find out the gap they have. That is the original idea of our research. This research mainly locates in Sweden and China, by comparing the temporal CSR development in a Swedish and a Chinese company—Sandvik and State Grid Corporation of China, the former as the advanced pioneer, and the latter as the dynamic learner, to gain an insight of the adaptability and feasibility of CSR in different business environments and countries. The thesis is based on case study and interview, and literature review. The method content analysis is applied when processing the data into figures. Besides, the 3C-SR model and Responsible Competitiveness Index (RCI) are adopted as the analysis model. The findings show that CSR is adaptable and feasible in whatever countries and business environments. Also, its core value and regulate guidelines are not changed, but the focal point in each stage of implementation will vary. In fact, CSR is not the ultimate goal, it’s a formula for transforming Responsible Competitiveness to a soft competence, lending the company to achieve sustainability. After the study, some recommendations and further study questions are given.
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:274678/FULLTEXT01
Keywords: Business. Management, China, Corporate social responsiblitity, East Asia, Nordic Perspective, Publications, Sweden,
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A cross-country case study : comparison of the internationalization processes between Swedish and Chinese small and medium enterprises / Viktor Petrovski, Yinjie Shi. - Halmstad : Halmstad University. School of Business and Engineering, 2009. - 147 p. (Master's thesis) Due to the globalization trend, the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has become a common practice in the last decades. The previous literature suggested that there are many different determinants of the internationalization process. However, in this research study, we focused on only three determinants – institutions, networks, and entrepreneur and their influence on the internationalization process. More specifically, we identified the significance of the three determinants and tested their influence on the internationalization process and compared the similarities and differences between the SMEs in Sweden and China. A qualitative study was carried out to help determine the purpose of the paper, where data was collected through four case studies – two from each country, within the toy industry. The primary data was collected through personal phone-interviews with the CEOs of the four toy companies, complemented with secondary data collected from the companies’ web sites. The empirical findings and analysis brought some interesting conclusions. The three determinants – institutions, networks and entrepreneur influence the internationalization process in one way or another. Firstly, institutions influence both networks and entrepreneur, but there is no evidence showing that networks and entrepreneur influence institutions. The institutions are also the key determinants of the internationalization process of Chinese SMEs. Secondly, networks and entrepreneur are interrelated to each other and play a key role in the internationalization process of Swedish SMEs, and somewhat influence the Chinese SMEs as well. Thus, these three determinants are extremely important for the internationalization process and they have to be taken into consideration during the international expansion.
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:239718/FULLTEXT01
Keywords: Business enterprises, Business. Management, China, East Asia, Economic issues, International economic relations, Nordic Perspective, Publications, Small and medium size enterprises, Sweden,
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