The research appropriates a theoretical-methodological framework of institutionalization analysis, which helps us to delineate how a collective belief, as in the case of railway building in Japan, was formulated. This framework helps us to delineate how a legitimate social order was established through discoursing, ritualizing, and imagining. Myths, rituals and imaginations attached to the notion of railway were indeed ideological concepts and packages to represent the changing society, even though these efforts might not be well recognized by different social players who participated in the making of this railway belief. The research argues that railway building became one of the most powerful manifestations of nation building. It is a part of the long-evolving process of Japan through which the emerging collectivity came to define and redefine itself in the growing world society. Through railway building, different social players tried to articulate myths, form rituals and share imaginations, and at the same time negotiate what rational economic policies, a legitimate democratic polity and an imagined community meant. / The research delineates the process of the building of the railway system in modem Japan (1868--1937). While the railways are commonly considered to be an economic and political infrastructure that is functional to the secular governments to integrate the invented nation-state, however, this does not adequately explain why there are many distinctive cultural imaginaries related to the railway in Japan and why the Japanese seems to be faithful enough to continue to lay tracks for years. I argue that trains are more than mere economic infrastructure through which collective sentiments are expressed. Instead, I argue that the belief that is formed towards the railway had been collectively crafted by different social players for a variety of reasons in the due course of modem Japanese history. Emerging social players, including capitalists, politicians, and commoners, tried to justify their varied practices by making claims to define the great use of railway. Railway building gradually became a shared platform on which different power and interests could be defined and practices legitimized. Those rationales, however, might have nothing to do with the instrumental "use" of railway, but were intimately related to the making of capitalism, democracy and nation-building in modem Japan. / Cheung, Yuk Man. / Adviser: Suk-Ying Wong. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-04, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 294-323). / 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 Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / Events are happenings that embody certain objectives; business events, sport events and festivals comprise the three general types of events that attract most attention. Design Indaba (DI) is one of the world’s leading design and business events launched in 1995 as a conference, but incorporating an Expo from 2004. The DI Expo triggered a need for buyer and exhibitor interaction and led to the launch of the DI Buyers’ Day, a programme aimed at bringing buyers and exhibitors together on a day set aside for buyers to view the products and services offered at the Expo before the general public. This study seeks to identify the economic contribution of the DI Buyers’ Day Programme to the event, to buyers, exhibitors and to Cape Town as a tourism destination. The study profiles the exhibitors and buyers before focusing on buyers’ spending patterns at the Expo and in Cape Town, their level of awareness and involvement in the event, their satisfaction with and perceptions of the event. Buyers were surveyed post event via electronic mail, while exhibitors were surveyed at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) during the Expo dates of 28 February 2014 to 2 March 2014. Key Informant interviews were conducted with the event organiser and one of the event stakeholders (Department of the Premier, Western Cape Provincial Government) in order to gain insights from relevant parties prior to the event. The study adopted a mixed-method approach, combining qualitative research (to get an in-depth set of opinions from buyers and exhibitors), with quantitative research concentrating on a stratified sample of the participants. The latter data collected from buyers and exhibitors was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software – Version 22.0, which enabled the data to be tabulated and graphically represented. The qualitative data was analysed using the constant comparative method. The research shows that both exhibitors and buyers regard the programme as a significant platform to build their brands and access business opportunities. However, emerging creatives and entrepreneurs feel that they need additional pre-event assistance/training to be able to maximise the opportunity to make connections with buyers who view their products/services. The event organisers also mentioned that if more governmental departments could be involved, more funding would be available to deal with key questions in terms of creating new markets, growing exports and creating jobs. Overall, the DI Buyers’ programme is one of the biggest trade shows in South Africa, attracting the largest number of buyers. More international buyers should be invited to the event, and design facet categories created so that they can be paired with the appropriate exhibitor. A single day for the DI Programme is also too short: an additional day should be added or a pre-event and post-event networking session should be created solely for exhibitors and buyers.

Choi, Chi Kit. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-51). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.5 / Chapter 3. --- Research Hypothesis / Chapter 3.1 --- Institutional Setting --- p.10 / Chapter 3.2 --- Existence and magnitude of the value of corporate control --- p.11 / Chapter 3.3 --- Determinants of the value of corporate control --- p.13 / Chapter 4. --- Methodology / Chapter 4.1 --- Testing the existence of value of corporate control --- p.16 / Chapter 4.2 --- Typical eamples --- p.17 / Chapter 4.3 --- Testing the determinants of value of corporate control --- p.20 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Controlling Power --- p.20 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Regional Governance --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Corporate Governance --- p.24 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Firm Performance --- p.26 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Control variables --- p.26 / Chapter 5. --- Data / Chapter 5.1 --- Existence of value of corporate control --- p.28 / Chapter 5.2 --- Determinants of value of corporate control / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Controlling Power --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Regional Governance --- p.31 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Corporate Governance --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Firm Performance --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Control variables --- p.34 / Chapter 6. --- Empirical Results / Chapter 6.1 --- Existence of value of corporate control --- p.36 / Chapter 6.2 --- Robustness tests --- p.36 / Chapter 6.3 --- Determinants of value of corporate control --- p.38 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Controlling Power --- p.38 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Regional Governance --- p.39 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Corporate Governance --- p.40 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Firm Performance --- p.41 / Chapter 6.3.5 --- Multivariate regression analysis --- p.43 / Chapter 7. --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.47 / Chapter 8. --- References --- p.50 / Chapter 9. --- Appendix --- p.52

Zhu, Junlei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-39). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review : --- p.3 / Chapter 3. --- Current Status of Public Education Investment in China --- p.6 / Chapter 4. --- Conceptual Framework --- p.7 / Chapter 5. --- Estimating Different Capital Stock --- p.11 / Chapter 6. --- Data and Main Results --- p.18 / Chapter 6.1 --- Data description --- p.18 / Chapter 6.2 --- Estimation and Results --- p.20 / Chapter 7. --- Efficiency Analysis and Policy Recommendation --- p.27 / Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.33 / References --- p.35

Si-Tou, Wai Kit. / "September 2011." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract: --- p.2 / 摘要 --- p.3 / Acknowledgements --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Galor-Weil Model --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Basic Structure Model --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Preferences and Budget Constraints --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Optimization --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Parameterization and Simulation Results by Lagerlof --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1 --- Parameterization and Full Dynamical System --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Parameter Values and Simulation Results --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Exogenous Population Control Policy on the Dynamic System --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Simulation Results using China's Data --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1 --- Simulation Results with Exogenous Population Control --- p.31 / Chapter 5.2 --- Simulation Results with Exogenous Population Control and Technological Shocks.. --- p.35 / Chapter 5.3 --- Further Implications --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Concluding Remarks --- p.38 / Chapter Appendix A: --- Figures and Tables --- p.42 / Chapter Appendix B: --- Sensitivity Test --- p.67 / References: --- p.69

Includes bibliograhical references (leaves 239-251) Concerned with the influence that the production of innovative goods has on the economic growth rate of a country. Proposes that amongst the developed economies, the higher the level of production of innovative goods within a country, the higher the GDP growth rate, all else being equal.

Economics has become a dominant framework for analysing problems in public health and health care and for proposing policy solutions. A separate subdiscipline of health economics has grown out of the welfare economics tradition to develop specific methods for economic inquiry into health care issues. The encroachment of economics into health care and public health has not occurred without consternation from within the health field. Part of the reason for this concern arises from a mismatch between the worldview of public health and that of mainstream economics. However, this mismatch is largely unexamined, and there has been limited attempt to address the mismatch and to propose alternative approaches to economic questions in public health. This thesis examines the project of public health in some detail, making reference to the consensus documents of the World Health Organization that set out the values base of public health and define its approach and some of its activities. Public health is a collective activity, mostly undertaken outside of markets and is primarily concerned with impacts on populations. It is inherently political and focuses on populations as its unit of analysis. This contrasts to the approach of mainstream economics, which presumes that economic decisions are primarily private decisions and focuses on individuals as its unit of analysis. The differing worldviews constitute an impasse between mainstream economics and this view of public health. The solutions of neo-classical economics are often at odds with the public health approach. An alternative view of economics, from the heterodox Institutional School may provide an alternative approach to economic questions in public health. In contrast to neoclassical economics, it claims to be holistic and not to engage in methodological individualism and to be explicitly concerned with questions of power. The case studies of role of government and ageing as a public health issue provide a lens through which the neoclassical approach can be examined and contrasted to the public health approach. These case studies are based on reports written for Australian governments by neoclassical economists. The two case studies are then inspected from an institutional perspective to examine whether this approach does indeed generate explanations and solutions that are more compatible with a public health approach. Other insights into the reports that can be gained from an institutional perspective are also discussed. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1287041 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2007.

Includes bibliograhical references (leaves 239-251) / x, 251 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Concerned with the influence that the production of innovative goods has on the economic growth rate of a country. Proposes that amongst the developed economies, the higher the level of production of innovative goods within a country, the higher the GDP growth rate, all else being equal. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Economics, 2001

"September 2002" / Bibliography: leaves 320-343. / xiii, 363 leaves : ill., plates, maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geographical and Environmental Studies, 2003

Price premiums and discounts are currently paid for various classes of wheat in the US marketplace. These premiums and the known heterogeneity of grain protein across landscapes beg the question of whether grain could be separated on the farm to maximize revenues. Theoretically, the concavity or convexity of a price function defines if an opportunity to segregate grain exists. Although this is true, prices in the market place are paid in stepped increments, which result in unique revenue maximizing solutions. This study was conducted to determine the economic feasibility of segregating wheat by protein content on the combine harvester during harvest. Both web-based and spreadsheet calculators were built to predict the best point in which to segregate a crop at, as well as define the protein level and quantity of each segregated volume of grain. The costs of segregation vary by operation, but fixed, variable, and opportunity costs are estimated to total $0.1739 bu⁻¹ if segregation is used every year. Revenue gains varied with the price schedule, field mean protein value, and the standard deviation of protein. Revenue gains increased in proportion to the size of a price step in a price schedule. Soft white winter wheat showed the greatest potential for segregation; however, on average yearly expected premiums are less than $.05 bu⁻¹, well below total variable costs. Price schedules occur which allow for profits of over $1.00 bu⁻¹ from segregation, although these are not the norm. Historically, on-combine grain segregation would not be economically feasible for the average producer. However, under certain supply and demand conditions, premiums occur that would make on-combine grain segregation profitable. Individuals will have to evaluate the feasibility on a case-by-case basis. / Graduation date: 2013