by Chan Ngan-Yung, Juno, Yuen Da-Wai, David. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-141). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.x / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Objectives of the Research --- p.1 / Scope of Work --- p.4 / Research Methodology --- p.5 / Literature Survey --- p.6 / Sources for the Adopted Theoretical Framework --- p.6 / Local Researches on Timepieces industry --- p.7 / Statistical Information --- p.7 / INDUSTRY AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS --- p.9 / Dominant Economic Characteristics of the Industry Environment --- p.9 / Scope of Competitive Rivalry --- p.9 / Market Size --- p.10 / Market Growth Trend by Watch Type --- p.10 / Market Growth Trend by Geographical Location --- p.13 / Market Trend Towards Higher-end Products --- p.18 / Stage in Product Life Cycle --- p.20 / Seasonal Market Demand Pattern --- p.22 / Customer Needs and Product Segments --- p.22 / Customer Groups --- p.23 / Degree of Vertical Integration --- p.24 / Ease of Entry or Exit --- p.25 / Technology and Innovation --- p.25 / Industry Structure --- p.26 / Cost Structure --- p.27 / Scale Economies --- p.28 / Experience Curve Effect --- p.29 / Capacity Utilization --- p.29 / Industry Profitability --- p.29 / Driving Forces Analysis --- p.33 / Decline in Long-term Industry Growth Rate --- p.34 / Shortening Product Life Cycle --- p.34 / Consumers Moving Up-market --- p.34 / Competitive Forces and their Strategic Implications --- p.35 / Rivalry Among Existing Competitors --- p.35 / Threat of Product Substitution --- p.38 / Potential Entry of New Competitors --- p.39 / Bargaining Power of Suppliers --- p.39 / Bargaining Power of Buyers --- p.40 / Strategic Implications --- p.40 / Strategic Group Mapping --- p.41 / Competitor Analysis --- p.45 / Switzerland --- p.45 / Japan --- p.49 / Taiwan --- p.56 / Korea --- p.60 / "Thailand, Singapore and Other Asian Countries " --- p.62 / Key Success Factors of the Industry --- p.67 / Industry Prospects and Overall Attractiveness --- p.67 / SITUATION ANALYSIS FOR HONG KONG AND THE PRC TIMEPIECES INDUSTRY --- p.72 / Situation Analysis of Hong Kong's Timepieces industry --- p.72 / Evaluation of the Present Strategy --- p.72 / SWOT Analysis --- p.77 / Potential internal strengths --- p.77 / "Core competencies in marketing, prompt delivery and flexibili " --- p.77 / Well thought of by buyers . --- p.79 / Proximity to an abundant cheap labor market --- p.79 / Proximity to a large consumer market with high growth potenti --- p.80 / Potential internal weaknesses --- p.81 / Over-dependence on several traditional markets --- p.81 / Lagging behind in production technology --- p.81 / Lack of key skills in producing movement and module parts --- p.84 / Over-dependence on OEM sales --- p.85 / Shortage of labor and experienced product designers --- p.85 / Rising labor and land costs --- p.85 / Political uncertainty --- p.86 / Potential External Opportunities --- p.86 / Serve The End-user Customer Group --- p.86 / Increase sales in new markets or segments --- p.86 / Falling trade barriers in attractive foreign markets --- p.87 / Reducing barrier of entry to higher end market segment --- p.87 / Possible success of the new country-of-origin rules --- p.88 / Forward and backward vertical integration --- p.88 / Potential external threats --- p.89 / Rapid rise of lower-cost foreign competitors --- p.89 / Slower market growth of the low end segment --- p.89 / Possible adverse shifts in trade policies of foreign governments --- p.90 / Vulnerability to recession and business cycle --- p.90 / Strategic Cost Analysis and Competitive Strength Assessment --- p.90 / Strategic Issues Facing the Industry --- p.91 / Management of the unbalanced product portfolio --- p.91 / Penetration into new markets --- p.94 / Management of increasingly short product life cycle and quality awareness --- p.94 / Situation Analysis of the PRC's Timepieces industry --- p.95 / An Account of the PRC's Timepieces industry --- p.95 / History --- p.95 / Industry structure --- p.96 / Strategic industry for development --- p.96 / Increased awareness to product quality --- p.100 / Increased emphasis on market economy --- p.101 / Watches and clocks export --- p.102 / Increase Tie with Hong Kong --- p.103 / Evaluation of the present strategy --- p.103 / SWOT Analysis --- p.104 / Potential internal strengths . --- p.104 / Access to economies of scale --- p.104 / Shield from strong competition in domestic market --- p.104 / "Cost advantages in labor, land and raw materials " --- p.105 / Large domestic market --- p.105 / Strong determination to upgrade industry --- p.106 / Close to Hong Kong --- p.106 / Good relationship with the third world and the Eastern Europe . . --- p.107 / Potential internal weaknesses --- p.107 / Defective export policy --- p.107 / Lack of expertise and low technology levels --- p.107 / Low or no profitability --- p.108 / Weak in product design --- p.108 / Irrational pricing system --- p.109 / Outdated state legislation --- p.109 / A very narrow product line --- p.109 / "Weak in quality control, delivery and market image " --- p.110 / Weak in marketing --- p.110 / Potential external opportunities --- p.110 / Increase sales in all markets --- p.110 / Dominance in low end mechanical watch segment --- p.111 / Expand product line to meet broader range of customer needs --- p.111 / Potential external threats --- p.112 / Entry of lower-cost foreign competitors --- p.112 / Adverse shifts in foreign exchange rates --- p.112 / Retreat of foreign investors --- p.112 / Strategic Cost Analysis and Competitive Strength Assessment --- p.113 / Strategic Issues Facing the Industry --- p.114 / Upgrading the whole industry in all aspects --- p.114 / Management of Unbalanced Product Portfolio --- p.114 / STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE TIMEPIECES INDUSTRY OF HONG KONG AND THE PRC --- p.115 / Crafting Competitive Strategy for Hong Kong's Timepieces industry --- p.115 / Strategies to Attain Cost Advantages --- p.116 / Buying raw materials and movements from the PRC --- p.117 / Reducing expenses in inbound and outbound logistics --- p.118 / Shifting production to the PRC --- p.119 / Reducing marketing expenses --- p.119 / Reducing financial cost --- p.120 / Reducing administration cost --- p.120 / Strategies to Attain Differentiation Advantage --- p.121 / Improvement in Technical and Design Ability --- p.121 / Implementation of ISO 9000 quality assurance system --- p.122 / Improvement in customers' service --- p.123 / Other Strategies to Explore Opportunities and Reduce Threats --- p.124 / Joint development of the new markets with the PRC --- p.124 / Increasing sales to the PRC --- p.125 / Capture markets in Latin America and SE Asia --- p.126 / Crafting Competitive Strategy for the PRC --- p.126 / Strategic Alliance between Hong Kong and the PRC --- p.127 / CONCLUSIONS --- p.129 / Moves in Response to Changing Market Conditions --- p.132 / Approach to Vertical Integration --- p.132 / Moves to Secure a Competitive Advantage --- p.132 / Recent Moves to Strengthen Competitive Position --- p.133 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.137

Su, Shuang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-106). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objective --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Methodology --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Survey --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Escapement --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Signature Analysis of Mechanical Watches -- Traditional Methods and Existing Systems --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Estimating Rate Deviation --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Measuring Beat Error --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Error Detection with a Graphical Diagram --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Analyzing Watch Ticks --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- Time-Frequency Distributions and Reassignment --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Time-Frequency Distributions --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Reassignment Method --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Finite Element Analysis --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Signature Analysis of Mechanical Watch Movement --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Time-Domain Analysis: Endpoint Detection --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Time-Domain Analysis: Error Detection with a Graphical Chart --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3 --- Analyzing Ticks: from Time-Domain Analysis to Time-Frequency Analysis --- p.31 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Reassigned Time-Frequency Distributions --- p.34 / Chapter 4.1 --- Spectrogram --- p.34 / Chapter 4.2 --- Morlet Scalogram --- p.35 / Chapter 4.3 --- Smoothed Pseudo-Wigner-Ville Distribution --- p.36 / Chapter 4.4 --- Reassignment principle --- p.37 / Chapter 4.5 --- Reassigned Spectrogram (RSP) --- p.39 / Chapter 4.6 --- Reassigned Morlet Scalogram --- p.40 / Chapter 4.7 --- Reassigned SPWV --- p.40 / Chapter 4.8 --- Performance Evaluation of Time-frequency Distributions --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Modal analysis and simulation results --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1 --- FEA Eigensystems --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2 --- Modal Analysis in ANSYS --- p.48 / Chapter 5.3 --- Transient Dynamic Analysis of Watch Parts in ANSYS --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Fault Detection Examples --- p.60 / Chapter 6.1 --- Example I --- p.60 / Chapter 6.2 --- Example II --- p.64 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- System Development --- p.69 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusions --- p.74 / Appendix I --- p.77 / Chapter 1. --- GUI Layout of the CUHK-IPE Watch Signature Analyzer (WTimer.fig) : --- p.77 / Chapter 2. --- Main Function of CUHK-IPE Watch Signature Analyzer (WTimer.m): --- p.78 / Chapter 3. --- Other Functions Called by the Main Function: --- p.85 / Chapter 3.1 --- Function for Split Signal up into (Overlapping) Frames (enframe.m):…… --- p.86 / Chapter 3.2 --- Function for Detecting BPH of the Watch (bph´ؤdetection.m): --- p.86 / Chapter 3.3 --- Function for Calculation the Rate Deviation and Beat Error of the Watch (rate4_6.m): --- p.89 / Chapter 3.4 --- Function for Calculating the RSP of the Signal (tfrrsp.m): --- p.95 / Chapter 3.5 --- Window Generation Function (tftb_window.m): --- p.97 / References --- p.100

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Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 1985. / Title from PDF t.p.

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by Ho Chi-sing, Yeung Pud-Kuen. / Abstract also in Chinese / Bibliography: leaves 70-71 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983

by Choi Chung-jok, Alexander. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1981. / Bibliography: leaves 56-57.

Summary in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 157-158.

M.B.A. / Increased environmental pressure in a firms' local market are forcing many companies to consider markets outside of their own to do maximize their profitability. According to Henisz (2000) when expanding internationally, a firm's management often must contend with a new culture, a new language, a new social system, new market structures, and a new political system. Titan, a premier brand in the Indian sub-continent aspires to assess the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) market for watches. Despite global market recessionary trends, the luxury watch market in the GCC reflects a constant thirty percent increase in business over the previous year, as measured on a monthly comparative basis. The research will indicate that Titan cannot simply apply the local strategies used in India, as this global market possesses different characteristics to those experienced in the GCC, the importance if brand utility may provide a distinct differential over the major competitors in this market. Though the model that is derived will be based on the Titan experience, it will also be applicable to other items in the luxury goods market, and may be utilised to facilitate market entry for all luxury goods which will be categorised in the same band as watches, examples of these include fashion accessories, sunglasses, perfumes and jewellery. The aim of the study was to develop a model to guide the market entry process for new watch brands under the Titan umbrella into the GCC market.

Among various non-smooth dynamic systems, the periodically forced oscillation system with impact is perhaps the most common in engineering applications. Usually it has an oscillator with fixed or unfixed stops. The dynamics becomes complicate due to the impact against the stops. Sometimes it leads to bifurcation and even turns to chaos. Its present applications include MEMS switch device, escapement in watch movement and so on. / As a branch of mechanics, the multi-body dynamic system is well-studied. In particular, the non-smooth dynamical system attracts many researchers because of its importance and diversity. The main behaviours of such a system include contact (slip-stick motion), friction and impact. Although various models have been developed for these behaviours and their results are often satisfactory, the truth is that they are still far from completion. In the past twenty some years, various new methods have been developed. However, none of them is universally applicable. One of the difficulties is that there are a number of explicit discontinuities, such as: (a) Coulomb friction gives a discontinuous law for the forces as a function of velocities, and (b) The contact conditions give forces that are not only discontinuous in position, but also unbounded and give rise to discontinuities in the velocities. / This thesis presents a systematic study on the periodically forced oscillation system with impact. Various existing methods are discussed and compared. In particular, impulsive differential equation, Poincare map and perturbation theory are applied. Two practical cases are included: a first-order system and the Swiss lever escapement mechanism. The latter has significant engineering value as the Swiss level escapement is the key component of mechanical watch movement. The precision dynamic model has very high numerical accuracy in describing/predicting their dynamics. The research helps to optimize the design of a commercial product. The model is validated by means of experiment. / Fu, Yu. / Adviser: Du Ruxu. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: B, page: 3745. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-142). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.